Software update: Matomo 3.13.6

Version 3.13.6 of Matomo has been released. Matomo, formerly Piwik, is an open source alternative to Google Analytics. It uses php and a MySQL database to do its job. The functionality can be easily extended with plugins, of which more than twenty are included. Of course you can also turn it off if certain functionality is not needed. For more information about Matomo, please refer to this page and an overview of the schedule is on this page to find. The release notes for this release are as follows:

What’s new?

Our focus has been on improving stability and performance. A few minor bugs were fixed and some small improvements made: see the full changelog below.

In the spirit of making Matomo Privacy by default, we’re making a change in the way tracking works which will improve privacy for everyone tracked in Matomo when tracking cookies are disabled (cookieless). The server side fingerprint (used to recognize visitors when cookies are disabled) will now be anonymized and randomly change every 24 hours. This does not impact the accuracy of tracking because Matomo only looks back for 30 minutes anyway, so it wasn’t needed to keep an actual fingerprint that would be identical for a same visitor across days. This helps you avoid the cookie banner or asking for user consent when you follow these guidelines.

Device detection was also improved further in this release, keeping up with the ever growing set of devices, new browsers and bots.

We are grateful for all community members who reported feedback and suggestions, our awesome team of translators for their work, and our Premium Features customers and Matomo Cloud hosting customers for their amazing support.

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