Hi everyone,
Is it GDPR compliant to visualize our on-premise data in Looker studio ?
Thank you for your response.
I was wondering the same and did find this information at the Matomo website. So Google does store your data if I’m correct…
[Privacy.]
If you are a Matomo On-Premise user we process your personal data in accordance with Matomo privacy policy. If you are a Matomo Cloud user we process your personal data in accordance with privacy policy. If you activate the Matomo Connector, the Connector will deliver the Data to Google Looker Studio. This will create a new data source in Looker Studio. Please note that once Transfer occurs, InnoCraft no longer controls where and how the data is stored in Looker Studio. When you authorise the data transfer, the data will be transferred to Google and subject to terms and privacy policies set by Google. By enabling the Matomo Connector you instruct us to transfer the data to Google Looker Studio. Before transferring your and your visitors’ data into Looker Studio, make sure you understand the data you are transferring and consider privacy implications of the Transfer.
Google says:
Google operates as a data processor for Looker Studio. This is reflected in our Ads Data Processing Terms, which are incorporated in the Looker Studio Terms of Service.
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AFAIK Matomo’s Looker Studio Connector - with the possible exception of the User ID table - only links aggregated tables data and no PII data gets passed along by default… and as such you’re not liable to follow GDPR limitations.
(meaning: you can do what you want)
Of course you’ll need to make sure you’re not passing PIIs along with standard or custom dimensions (e.g. an user email or other identifiers as part of a query string or other fields), that will make your data transfer not anonymous anymore and will need a check if that’s covered by the legal informations and consent given by the users.
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