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authorJoel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud>2020-01-08 10:44:44 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-01-08 10:44:44 +0200
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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
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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