Clarity on telemetry and data privacy

[KevinCepria]

Is it correct that the Web distribution does not have any features related to telemetry and data privacy? A client of mine is worried about the usage of this tool in our web based project since they are strict with AI usage especially when it concerns this. I've read the privacy statement.

Data Collection
The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft's privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.

Is the first few parts only pertaining to native distributions? Because how this was structured it makes it sound that includes the web distribution

[snnn]

Hello,

Thank you for raising this important question.

To clarify, the telemetry in ONNX Runtime is based on the Windows telemetry framework. This means it is only active when using ONNX Runtime in native applications on the Windows operating system (e.g., in C++, C#, or Python applications). The web distribution of ONNX Runtime, which runs in a browser, does not have this telemetry capability.

For users on Windows, we believe in transparency and providing you with full control over your data. You have several ways to manage this diagnostic data collection:

1. Via Windows Settings: You can control the diagnostic data for your entire Windows device. This setting will be respected by ONNX Runtime. You can learn more about these settings and how to configure them on the official Microsoft support page.

2. Via the ONNX Runtime API: You can use the ONNX Runtime API to programmatically disable the sending of telemetry data from within your application.

3. Build from Source: If you prefer, you can build ONNX Runtime from the source code. The telemetry collection is not enabled in custom builds by default, so you would have to explicitly enable it. The pre-built binaries that Microsoft distributes have it enabled by default on Windows.

For more detailed information on managing your privacy settings in Windows, please refer to this guide:
Diagnostics, feedback, and privacy in Windows

I hope this explanation is helpful. Please feel free to ask if you have any more questions.