https://bareproxy.com/tags/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on BareProxy.com Hugo en-us Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bareproxy.com/bareproxy-analytics-plugin-visit-stats-from-proxy-records-with-no-javascript-and-no-cookies/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bareproxy.com/bareproxy-analytics-plugin-visit-stats-from-proxy-records-with-no-javascript-and-no-cookies/ <p><strong>Status: planned, number 16 of 21 in BareProxy&rsquo;s build order.</strong> The plugins are built easiest first, and this one is about three days of coding: counting, daily hashing and a report page. It comes after the OpenTelemetry export plugin. This post describes what it will do, and it will be updated as it is built.</p> <p>Most site analytics work by adding a script to every page. The script slows the page down, sets cookies that need a consent banner, and misses everyone who blocks it, which on some sites is a third of the audience. Meanwhile the proxy in front of the site already sees every single request.</p> https://bareproxy.com/bareproxy-cookie-consent-plugin-a-consent-banner-and-cookie-blocking-at-the-proxy/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bareproxy.com/bareproxy-cookie-consent-plugin-a-consent-banner-and-cookie-blocking-at-the-proxy/ <p><strong>Status: planned, number 13 of 21 in BareProxy&rsquo;s build order.</strong> The plugins are built easiest first, and this one is about two days of coding: a banner in HTML pages and cookies held back by category. It comes after the Markdown serving plugin. This post describes what it will do, and it will be updated as it is built.</p> <p>Under the EU&rsquo;s ePrivacy rules and the GDPR, a site needs consent before it sets cookies that aren&rsquo;t strictly necessary: analytics, advertising, embedded third-party content. Most sites handle it with a consent platform loaded as a script, which adds weight to every page and only works as well as the site&rsquo;s code that is supposed to wait for it.</p>