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Piano

by Piano

Sets cookies
Yes
Sends PII
No
Cross-site tracking
Yes
Consent required
Analytics
Transfer mechanism
Standard Contractual Clauses
Cookies
_pcid_pctx_pprv

Overview

Digital experience platform providing analytics, personalisation, and subscription management. The Piano Analytics component (formerly AT Internet) provides web analytics with EU data processing. Used by publishers and media organisations.

Detection Capabilities

Signature count
3
Detection methods
network

Performance Impact

Performance Impact

Requests per page
3

Common Mistakes

  • 1 Claiming CNIL consent exemption without verifying all required conditions are met
  • 2 Conflating analytics consent with personalisation consent when both Piano products are deployed
  • 3 Not configuring IP anonymisation and limited retention as required for the CNIL exemption

Compliance Considerations

Piano Analytics (formerly AT Internet) is EU-headquartered with EU data processing. Eligible for CNIL consent exemption for audience measurement when configured correctly (similar to Matomo). Personalisation and subscription features have separate consent requirements. Verify the analytics configuration meets exemption criteria if relying on this basis.

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