Sources, guidance & documentation
Resources
A curated set of sources and documentation relevant to privacy-first analytics, consent, platform choice and robust implementation.
This is where Digilytics collects sources that are actually useful when you want to understand how modern analytics works under stronger demands for privacy, data minimization and clearer governance. The goal is not that everything needs to be read cover to cover, but that it becomes easier to find the right kind of source depending on what you are trying to understand.
What you’ll find here
- Official sources for legal frameworks and regulatory guidance.
- Documentation for platforms, consent and implementation work.
- References for anonymization, privacy and more advanced methods.
This is a reference page — not legal advice. The aim is to make it easier to identify which sources are actually worth relying on when analytics needs to be designed or reviewed.
Law & official guidance
A strong starting point when you want to understand which regulatory frameworks affect analytics, cookies, consent and data protection.
GDPR – official text
The core EU data protection regulation. The baseline for almost anything involving personal data processing.
ePrivacy Directive – official text
The legal backdrop for rules around cookies, storage and access on the user’s device.
EDPB – guidelines, recommendations & best practices
Guidance from the European Data Protection Board that helps clarify how GDPR and related issues should be understood in practice.
CNIL – guidelines & recommendations
Practical regulatory guidance that is often useful even outside France, especially on cookies, consent and privacy issues.
Platforms & tool documentation
Documentation for tools that are often relevant when analytics needs to be built with stronger privacy awareness or clearer governance.
Matomo – documentation
Overview of implementation, configuration, reporting and technical capabilities in Matomo.
Matomo – privacy guide
Matomo’s own guide to privacy, GDPR, consent, cookies, anonymization and retention.
Piwik PRO – help center
General documentation for the platform, including analytics, tag manager, privacy and product support.
Piwik PRO – consent types in Tag Manager
Practical documentation on how consent types are connected to tags inside Piwik PRO’s Tag Manager.
Consent, tagging & implementation
Resources especially relevant when working hands-on with consent, Consent Mode and more controlled tagging setups.
Google – Consent Mode overview
Overview of how Consent Mode works and how Google tags adapt their behavior based on user choices.
Google – set up consent mode on websites
Practical implementation steps for teams maintaining their own consent solution on the web.
Google – server-side tagging overview
Overview of server-side tagging and why it can offer stronger control over data flows and tagging behavior.
Google – consent mode with server-side GTM
Documentation for using Consent Mode together with server-side Tag Manager.
Anonymization, privacy & methods
References for anyone who wants a better understanding of anonymization, privacy-preserving analysis and methods that often appear in more advanced discussions.
NIST – k-anonymity
A short definition of k-anonymity as a concept and why it matters in anonymization discussions.
NIST – differential privacy (glossary)
A short introduction to differential privacy from a more authoritative source than a generic wiki page.
NIST – guidelines for evaluating differential privacy guarantees
A more serious entry point for readers who want to understand differential privacy in greater depth.
ICO – anonymisation glossary
A practical glossary covering anonymisation concepts, including k-anonymity and related privacy terms.
Need help turning this into practice?
Sources and documentation matter, but the harder part is usually turning them into an implementation that actually works in day-to-day reality.