I like having Analytics on my site for all the great stats it provides, but I am aware that my customers don't necessarily want to be tracked. But my understanding is that GA isn't a "tracker" in the same way that, say, the Facebook beacon (that follows you all over the web) is. I am not allowed to send any personally-identifiable information (PII) to GA, like a URL with someone's email address in it. I know that all data I give to GA is...
Originally asked by Eric on Stack Exchange (webmasters) (CC BY-SA 4.0).