Windows 10: Cloudflare Web Analytics releases three new enhancing privacy features

Brink · Mar 15, 2021

Last December we opened up our brand new privacy-first Web Analytics platform to everyone. Today, weâre excited to announce the release of three of the most requested features: adding multiple websites to an account, supporting Single-page Applications (SPA) as well as showing Core Web Vitals in Web Analytics

Bringing privacy-first analytics to everyone

Since we launched two months ago, weâve received a lot of feedback from our users. We are really happy that we are able to provide our privacy-first analytics to so many of you.

Popular analytics vendors have business models driven by ad revenue. Using them implies a bargain: they track visitor behavior and create buyer profiles to retarget your visitors with ads; in exchange, you get free analytics.

Our mission is to help build a better Internet, and part of that is to deliver essential web analytics to everyone with a website without compromising user privacy. Weâve never been interested in tracking users or selling advertising. We donât want to know what you do on the Internet â itâs not our business.

You now can measure multiple sites

When we launched Web Analytics, each account was only able to measure one website. We are happy to announce that all users can now add up to 10 websites.

Add one or more new sites via the Cloudflare Dashboard by selecting "Add site" in Quick Actions.

For measuring multiple subdomains (a.example.com and b.example.com) there are two options:

Add the root domain (example.com) to Web Analytics and add the same JavaScript snippet on all subdomains (a.example.com and b.example.com)

Add the subdomains separately using multiple sites. Here you have to add separate snippets.

We use the hostname to validate the request, so remember that you can only use the JavaScript snippet if both the configured and actual hostnames match.

You can see the analytics for all your websites sites in one place

When we talked to customers about the multiple site feature, we got the feedback that it is very important to add all sites to Web Analytics and be able to track them. But they also said that it would be even more powerful to have the option to see analytics for all your sites combined in one place.

We listened. If you select "View Web Analytics for all sitesâ on the Web Analytics overview page, you can now see all your sites listed and apply filters to them using site tags.
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Lawrence Lib · Mar 15, 2021

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Cliff S · Mar 15, 2021

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Brink · Mar 15, 2021

Privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

In April, we outlined significant enhancements made to the Windows 10 Creators Update that gives you more control to make informed decisions about your privacy. Those enhancements included improving in-product information about your privacy, updates to the Microsoft privacy statement, and improving transparency by publishing more information about the diagnostic data we collect.

Continuing with our commitment to privacy and data control, today we’re announcing privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for consumers and commercial customers that further increase your access to information and provides you more control over what information is collected.

For consumers, some of the new experiences you will see include:

Easier access to privacy information during setup

To simplify your access to information about the features we offer, and the data collection and use around those features, we have made two privacy changes to the setup process.

First, we are giving users direct access to the Privacy Statement within the setup process. Second, as you set up a new device, the Learn More page on the privacy settings screen enables you to jump to specific settings for location, speech recognition, diagnostics, tailored experiences, and ads while you choose your privacy settings. You no longer need to sift through the privacy statement if you only want to read about a specific feature, simply click the Learn More button for easy access.

We want you to have all the information about your privacy setting options readily available so that you can make an informed decision about your privacy and how your data is used.

Ability to set application controls beyond location

Likewise, it’s important to us that you have transparency and control over which applications can access your information. Most users are accustomed to being prompted for permission to use location data when using a map or other location-aware application. Starting with the Fall Creators Update, we’re extending this experience to other device capabilities for apps you install through the Microsoft Store. You will be prompted to provide permission before an app can access key device capabilities or information such as your camera, microphone, contacts, and calendar, among others. This way you can choose which apps can access information from specific features on your device. (You can learn more about Windows app permissions here.)

App permission prompts will only apply to apps installed after the Fall Creators Update. To review and manage your existing app permissions go to Start, select Settings, then select Privacy.

Windows Analytics setting

Likewise, our Enterprise customers asked us to provide them with greater control over which data is shared with us to enable new services. In addition to the above enhancements, we’re also providing a new setting that limits diagnostic data to the minimum required for Windows Analytics. Windows Analytics allows Enterprise administrators to decrease IT costs by gaining insights, using Windows Diagnostics, into the computers running Windows 10 in their organizations. It is a fast-growing Microsoft service – providing data-driven insights that reduce the cost of deploying, servicing, and supporting Windows 10. To learn more about Windows Analytics and how your company can benefit from Windows diagnostics data, visit the Windows Analytics website.

As part of our ongoing dialogue and transparency with you, our customers, I am excited to announce these privacy changes coming next month in the Fall Creators Update. Windows Insiders will get an early look of some of these changes in the coming weeks. I look forward to continued dialogue and hearing your feedback here.

-Marisa
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Source: Privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Windows Experience Blog

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