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Sets anonymizeIp to true in GA snippet
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33 changes: 9 additions & 24 deletions dist/doc/extend.md
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[Pageview](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/pages),
and [Event](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/events) Docs.

### Anonymize IP addresses

In some countries, no personal data may be transferred outside jurisdictions
that do not have similarly strict laws (i.e. from Germany to outside the EU).
Thus a webmaster using the Google Universal Analytics may have to ensure that
no personal (trackable) data is transferred to the US. You can do that with
[the `ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);`
parameter](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/advanced#anonymizeip)
before sending any events/pageviews. In use it looks like this:

```js
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-X', 'auto');
ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true);
ga('send', 'pageview');
```

### Track jQuery AJAX requests in Google Analytics

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Enabling your application for pinning will allow IE users to add it to their
Windows Taskbar and Start Menu. This comes with a range of new tools that you
can easily configure with the elements below. See more [documentation on IE
can easily configure with the elements below. See more [documentation on IE
Pinned Sites](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/samples/gg491731(v%3dvs.85)).

### Name the Pinned Site for Windows
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### Twitter Cards

Twitter provides a snippet specification that serves a similar purpose to Open
Graph. In fact, Twitter will use Open Graph when Cards is not available. You
can read more about the various snippet formats and application process in the
[official Twitter Cards documentation](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/optimize-with-cards/overview/abouts-cards),
Graph. In fact, Twitter will use Open Graph when Cards is not available. You
can read more about the various snippet formats and application process in the
[official Twitter Cards documentation](https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/optimize-with-cards/overview/abouts-cards),
and you can validate your markup with the [Card validator](https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator)
(needs registration to Twitter).

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### Apple Touch Icons

Apple touch icons are used as icons when a user adds your webapp to the home
Apple touch icons are used as icons when a user adds your webapp to the home
screen of aniOS devices.

Though the dimensions of the icon can vary between iOS devices and versions
one `180×180px` touch icon named `icon.png` and including the following in
Though the dimensions of the icon can vary between iOS devices and versions
one `180×180px` touch icon named `icon.png` and including the following in
the `<head>` of the page is enough:

```html
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## security.txt

When security risks in web services are discovered by users they often lack the
channels to disclose them properly. As a result, security issues may be left unreported.
channels to disclose them properly. As a result, security issues may be left unreported.

Security.txt defines a standard to help organizations define the process for
Security.txt defines a standard to help organizations define the process for
users to disclose security vulnerabilities securely. Include a text
file on your server at `.well-known/security.txt` with the relevant contact details.

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We use `analytics.js` rather than the newer `gtag.js` as
[it's faster and supports tasks and plugins](https://github.com/philipwalton/analyticsjs-boilerplate/issues/19#issuecomment-333714370)

Starting with version 8 we, by default, [anonymize IP addresses](href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en).
By default Google Analytics records the full IP address of a user visiting the site, but
that full IP address is never available to the Google Analytics property admin.
By anonymizing the IP address you can make your site more GDPR-compliant as a
full IP address can be defined as PII (personally identifiable information.)


The beacon transport mechanism is used to send all hits [which saves HTTP requests and improves performance](https://philipwalton.com/articles/the-google-analytics-setup-i-use-on-every-site-i-build/#loading-analytics.js).

Google recommends that this script be placed at the top of the page.
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<!-- Google Analytics: change UA-XXXXX-Y to be your site's ID. -->
<script>
window.ga = function () { ga.q.push(arguments) }; ga.q = []; ga.l = +new Date;
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-Y', 'auto'); ga('set','transport','beacon'); ga('send', 'pageview')
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXX-Y', 'auto'); ga('set', 'anonymizeIp', true); ga('set','transport','beacon'); ga('send', 'pageview')
</script>
<script src="https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js" async></script>
</body>
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