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author | Joel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud> | 2020-01-08 10:44:44 +0200 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-01-08 10:44:44 +0200 |
commit | 9bccf7afc97ff29e67a194df3bf10a219df01dcc (patch) | |
tree | 5831fb1fa80a4032ec05f768bdbbc5e108a85ef0 /docs/netdata-security.md | |
parent | 7bcb8c4148d7b303ef6e6cb145445f320af2b073 (diff) |
Docs: Improve documentation of opting out of anonymous statistics (#7597)
* Added anon stats to installer page
* Added notes to other pages
* Tweaks to main README and docs homepage
* Path fix
* Tweak and add to Docker page
* Fixing issues from Mansour & Timo
* Linter fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/netdata-security.md')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/netdata-security.md b/docs/netdata-security.md index c49ab7b8d8..dbb9a11e6e 100644 --- a/docs/netdata-security.md +++ b/docs/netdata-security.md @@ -196,15 +196,13 @@ The default configuration uses a public registry under registry.my-netdata.io (m If sending this information to the central Netdata registry violates your security policies, you can configure Netdat to [run your own registry](../registry/#run-your-own-registry). -### Opt out of anonymous statistics +### Opt-out of anonymous statistics -Starting with v1.12 Netdata also collects [anonymous statistics](anonymous-statistics.md) on certain events for: +Starting with v1.12, Netdata collects anonymous usage information by default and sends it to Google Analytics. Read +about the information collected, and learn how to-opt, on our [anonymous statistics](anonymous-statistics.md) page. -1. **Quality assurance**, to help us understand if Netdata behaves as expected and help us identify repeating issues for certain distributions or environments. - -2. **Usage statistics**, to help us focus on the parts of Netdata that are used the most, or help us identify the extent our development decisions influence the community. - -To opt-out from sending anonymous statistics, you can create a file called `.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics` under the user configuration directory (usually `/etc/netdata`). +The usage statistics are _vital_ for us, as we use them to discover bugs and priortize new features. We thank you for +_actively_ contributing to Netdata's future. ## Netdata directories |