Hi Tobias, On 15/09/19 09:43, Tobias Wendorff wrote: > Am Sa, 14.09.2019, 22:12 schrieb Ian Turton: >> I'm not aware of QGIS collecting any data during use. Is there something >> specific they are concerned about? > > When I start up QGIS, it connects to several servers & services: > 1. https://feed.qgis.org/?after=1568275949&lang=en > 2. https://qms.nextgis.com//static/news.json > 3. https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml?qgis=3.9 > > What's this? > 1. Is the news feed on the new welcome page (IP gets transmitted), > 2. Is "QuickMapServices" plugin (IP gets transmitted), > 3. Is getting news about updates (IP & QGIS version get transmitted). > > I have checked HTTP(S) communications only right now, but there might > be others (f.e. connection to the server[s], where you can download > plugins). > > So at least, there are two communications without a plugin installed > inside the core, which transfer the IP. This IP can be used to identify > users and is covered by some privacy laws. > > We have to figure out, if qgis.org stores them, why, for how long and > what they're doing with this. > > I've worked with an University, which had fixed IPs for all their > workers. So you was able to track them down until their office desk. > I recommended them to move to an masqueraded IP of course ;)
I agree that documenting QGIS behaviour would be good. However, our resources are limited, and we need support to do this. Would you be interested in helping? As a general rule, however, we do not use nor store any user information. Thanks for pointing this out. All best wishes. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS.ORG Chair: http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/ _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user