Case Study: The Austrian Social Science Data Archive achieves GDPR-compliant, secure web analytics and improved visibility with Piwik PRO

How a research organization used Piwik PRO to support growth and achieve GDPR compliance

The Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA) is a national research infrastructure hosted at the Universities of Vienna, Graz and Linz that provides archiving and access to social science data. AUSSDA needed a GDPR-compliant, secure analytics solution to verify how their website was used, track web traffic and marketing channels, and analyze new content performance without dedicating internal IT resources — so they turned to Piwik PRO.

Piwik PRO delivered a full-service analytics platform and handled hosting and maintenance while meeting AUSSDA’s data security and compliance requirements. Using Piwik PRO, AUSSDA was able to measure website visits, confirm that news announcements drive traffic, monitor the effectiveness of marketing channels, optimize content and communications, and regularly present demonstrable progress to funders.

The Austrian Social Science Data Archive

Lars Kaczmirek

Head of Aussda