>as long as the data never leaves their servers
This is kind of ridiculous in the cloud era, isn't it?
The analogy with external accountant up this thread is a good one. It's not about where data are processed, it's about how it's used.
This is kind of ridiculous in the cloud era, isn't it?
The analogy with external accountant up this thread is a good one. It's not about where data are processed, it's about how it's used.
But I agree with your conclusion: what matters is how it's being used. In this case - whether you share/sell it to others or not.*
[*] But not only: it also matters if you take adequate care in protecting personally identifiable information or not.
The problem with Google Analytics here is not that it's a third-party but that it's under US control.