Addthis, Google Analytics and the GDPR

thestrup · April 5, 2018, 11:28am

@Addthis, @Google Analytics and the GDPR.
We are planning to upgrade to 3.1 and are wondering if the usage of AddThis and Google Analytics (GA) is compliant to the new GDPR. We plan to stop using GA when we upgrade and then see how the situation develops. Our problem is AddThis. Does anybody know whether the interaction between OJS 3.1 and AddThis complies with the GDPR? Moreover, does anybody know if there are any other solutions? We would prefer to have a service like AddThis.

asmecher · April 5, 2018, 2:40pm

Hi @thestrup,

I can’t comment on the GDPR compliance of the AddThis and Google Analytics services themselves, but I can say that the OJS integration doesn’t add any particular wrinkles to that question. If the AddThis and Google Analytics services are GDPR compliant, the OJS integration simply chucks them onto the site.

We’re soon going to add the Shariff plugin by the talented @lilients to the plugin gallery; until then it’s available at Releases · ojsde/shariff · GitHub. That service is intended to add social media sharing features without compromising privacy.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

thestrup · April 6, 2018, 6:24am

Dear Alec

Thank you this saved my day.

Best

Jesper

Francesco · April 20, 2018, 7:10am

I would like to know whether the Google Analytics plug-in supports IP anonymization

achristian · October 12, 2018, 3:26am

I just checked to see if Shariff is available as a plug-in. It’s listed, but when I click on it for details, it seems to be a mash-up of Shariff and Hypothes.is. So what is the status of Shariff? We’re using AddThis but it’s pretty limited, so I wondered if Shariff would offer more options (like an obvious social media panel right on our home page).

asmecher · October 12, 2018, 3:10pm

Hi @achristian,

What version of OJS are you using?

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

achristian · October 12, 2018, 3:59pm

The latest version of 3.X. Sorry I didn’t include that!

Amy

asmecher · October 12, 2018, 5:59pm

Hi @achristian,

Hmm, I couldn’t reproduce that mash-up behavior on my OJS 3.1.1-4 installation… The 3.0.0 release of the plugin should be compatible with OJS 3.1.1-x, so I’d suggest installing it from Releases · ojsde/shariff · GitHub by downloading it to your machine and then uploading it into the plugins area as a .tar.gz package. As for general capabilities, I’d suggest asking the author of that plugin if you have any questions.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team