We have created several Magento sites. We are using the Onestepcheckout module to complete the checkout process. The strange thing is we realize in Google Analytics some some rare but bad and strange entries that occur “randomly” on every 1000 orders or more (on average) – see the attached image please.
As you can see in the image, the client data passed as a GET request and the google spider just wrap it!
Actually this is a very disturbing privacy issue that we need to stop. We have already check some best practices on how to avoid this in Google Analytics, by excepting specific parameters, etc.
What we need to know, and this is the point we need your experience, is to find the cause of this issue since we know that the specific Checkout Form sends data in a POST request!
Our concerns are:
- Why this entries occur so rare?
- According to our checks we don’t see any obvious code fragment that sends a GET request using the PII Data (Personal Identifiable Information) from check out. The actual form using only POST request – as far as we can see!
- Do we put any “GA-” google code code on a wrong place…?
- Is there any possibility that the problem exist in the client side? Any strange Web Browser or any specific plugin can “transform” a POST request to a GET one? Do we miss something, somewhere?
Since this it is a very serious problem with no obvious cause from server side, any suggestion or direction on what to check would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much for your time!
