One thing that I wanted to add to this discussion...

DNT expresses a preference that the user's information not be tracked, stored, etc.  It is an orthogonal question to analytics.  Google Analytics can be used to track users, but it does not need to be used to track them if all that you are doing is collecting aggregate statistics.

r.

On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Nathan Tallman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thank you Josh and Roberto for the information.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Josh Wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> These sites were helpful to me to understand exactly what DNT is doing and
>> what affect it will have:
>> 
>> http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/browser/donottrack/default.html
>> http://donottrack.us/
>> 
>> As a previous reply mentions, it's more of a preference flag to tell sites
>> how to behave (which they can respect or not), rather than anything
>> different in one's browser. It doesn't turn off cookies or javascript, for
>> example, which would have a real affect on Google Analytics.
>>