Crash Course

Online tracking is ubiquitous on the internet and is so for a good reason. Businesses and individuals alike understandably want to know how popular their websites are. It's great to know what's popular and what isn't, what works and what doesn't. However, the way analytics are collected today is all but ethical. Website visitors often aren't informed about tracking on the page, can't easily opt-out and don't know where and how their (often private) data is stored. Crash Course is an attempt to make analytics compatible with privacy.

Previously I've been using Google Analytics. It's an extremely capable and popular analytics platform but unfortunately it's not exactly known for privacy and I felt like I could do better for my website visitors. Welcome Crash Course, an analytics tool designed for privacy. The foundational principle behind Crash Course is user anonymity: regardless of what or how much data is collected by the tool, it is still impossible to trace it back to an individual person. Additionally, Crash Course will never sell the data unlike large analytics providers.

Another goal behind Crash Course was to provide comprehensive data on the application. Put simply, it's not just a web tracker. In addition to website metrics it can collect client and/or server logs and server performance metrics. It might not be the most feature-rich tool but it's proven to be sufficient for small websites and applications. I have switched all my websites over to Crash Course to ensure the best for my visitors and ensure their private data stays private.