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Of course. But then it's not "anonymous usage statistics" at all is it?

• layer8 4y ago
  I don’t know how they can collect useful statistics when they cannot distinguish between 1000 invocations by the same user/environment vs. one invocation by 1000 different users/environments. And when they can distinguish, then that tracking is prone to fall under personal data processing.
  • alkonaut 4y ago
    Most off the shelf systems work with random pseudonyms: You generate a unique random number and store it only on the end user's system. Then you tag each data value with the random id one. These random identifiers do not count as PII so long as it is not possible to tie them to a real identity. So while you are of course required to follow data processing regulations, pseudonymous usage statistics with random identifiers is not against any regulation I know about at least. The lifespan of the pseudonym can be as long or short as you want e.g. last one session, one week, one version etc. But even when completely persistent, they will not constitute PII.
  • joshuamorton 4y ago
    You should read the proposal. It collects a batch of per user statistics (counters). So there is no issue of per-invocation tracking.