Rijksoverheid.nl is the main portal of the Government of the Netherlands. Homepage scan: 36 requests, 4 domains. The configuration is exemplary. There are only two external services, both government infrastructure: the government's centralized web-statistics platform, Piwik PRO, running in anonymized mode, and the government's own survey platform. This is the very platform that provides standardized, anonymized statistics for government sites. The scan shows no Google Analytics, no Facebook, no advertising, no session recording, and no third-party commercial trackers. Not a single cookie was set during the session. No violations were recorded.
Timeline of the leak
Declared versus actual
Detected trackers
- Government statistics (Piwik PRO, anonymized)
- Government survey platform
Context
www.rijksoverheid.nl is the main portal of the Government of the Netherlands: information on government policy, agencies, services, and topics. The data controller is the Government of the Netherlands. The site is informational.
Scan: 36 requests to 4 domains, homepage, captured in a clean Edge browser without a VPN or ad blocker. The site runs on a government platform and uses only government services.
Who receives the data
There are no third-party commercial recipients.
There are only two external services, both government infrastructure: the government’s centralized web-statistics platform, built on Piwik PRO in anonymized mode, and the government’s own survey platform for collecting feedback. This is the very platform that provides the standardized, anonymized statistics used by government sites. The scan shows no Google Analytics, no advertising networks, no social media pixels, and no session recording.
Was there a consent banner
A full banner for the statistics is not required here: it is configured anonymously — it anonymizes the IP address and does not intrude on privacy, and is therefore exempt from consent. Not a single cookie was set during the entire session.
What fires before consent
Only government services. Before any interaction, the government’s centralized, anonymized statistics and its own survey platform fire. The scan contains no Google analytics, no advertising domains, no social plugins, and no session recording.
Conclusion
Rijksoverheid.nl is a model of how a central government portal should be set up. There are only two external services, and both are government-run: the government’s anonymized web statistics and its own survey platform. There is no third-party advertising, no Google analytics, no social media pixels, and no session recording whatsoever, the statistics tool anonymizes IP, and no cookies are set. The key takeaway for the reader: a central government portal can manage with its own anonymized statistics alone, and here that is achieved without a single third-party commercial tracker. No violations were recorded.
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