Consent and Data-Minimization Constraints on Product Event Collection
Regulators treat event data as personal data the moment it identifies a person.
Kai Halvorsen
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8 stories in Event Instrumentation.
Regulators treat event data as personal data the moment it identifies a person.
Answer the right questions about user value before designing events.
How to change event schemas without breaking the systems depending on them.
Client-side tracking misses blocked users; server-side alone misses browser behavior.
Establish ownership and naming standards to keep tracking plans trustworthy.
Capture both user and account context on every event to enable reliable B2B SaaS metrics.
Track behavior change after feature exposure, not just deployment success.
A shared event taxonomy prevents costly analytics debt and unlocks product retention insights.