From: Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:28:32 -0500 Users can turn off the Google Analytics cookies, but otherwise, they get an tracking cookie. same with AdWords, Facebook, and many other services. I don't care to speculate on publisher decision-making processes, but Google's Privacy Policy is pretty clear about the use of cookies. https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ Eric On Feb 4, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Some questions, if I may. Are you suggesting that the use of Google Analytics necessarily results in cookies being placed on users' machines (as I suspect)? Is this being done without the knowledge of the publishers--is it, in other words, an aspect of Google Analytics and not a deliberate decision of the publishers?