Get rid of scorecardresearch.com Javascript

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  bookandsword · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 7:43 pm

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  Hello,

  I am disturbed to notice that my blog hosted by wordpress.com tries to load some Javascript from scorecardresearch.com https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/23/scorecardresearch-tracking-trackers-cookies-web-monitoring Privacy Badger says that this is a tracking script. I disable Javascript and block ads by default, so I have a responsibility not to include advertising or tracking on my websites, which is why I pay for WordPress Premium.

  How can I get rid of this library? Third-party Javascript is a privacy and security risk, costs bandwidth which not all users can afford. and can make sites less accessible.

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  rachelsquirrel · Member · Jun 6, 2016 at 1:06 pm

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  Hi Sean,

  We use the scorecardresearch tracking code for analytical purposes. I don’t think it can be removed but I’ll check with our data team and get back to you.

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  rachelsquirrel · Member · Jun 6, 2016 at 3:29 pm

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  Hi Sean,

  Good news! We were able to remove the script from your site.

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  bookandsword · Member · Jun 7, 2016 at 10:23 am

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  Thanks a lot! I don’t mind if my analytics are a bit less accurate … quite a few hits come from search engines or Facebook anyways, so I don’t know exactly what they were searching for or talking about.