Towards open government through open source software for web analytics: The case of Matomo

• Published in: EJournal of eDemocracy and open government Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 133 - 153
• Main Authors: Gamalielsson, Jonas, Lundell, Björn, Butler, Simon, Brax, Christoffer, Persson, Tomas, Mattsson, Anders, Gustavsson, Tomas, Feist, Jonas, Lönroth, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Danube-University Krems 01.12.2021
• Subjects: government authorities; INF304 Open Source; INF304 Öppna data/Öppna system; Matomo; Open source software; Software Systems Research Group (SSRG); web analytics

Web analytics technologies provide opportunities for organisations to obtain information about users visiting their websites in order to understand and optimise web usage. Use of such technologies often leads to issues related to data privacy and potential lock-in to specific suppliers and proprieta...