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The law does not require disclosure of the collection of non personally identifying information. If it did, server logs would be illegal. Pinch analytics performs exactly the same function as Google analytics, and you don't agree to that on any of the websites you visit either.



True. I suppose I am conditioned to expect, on downloaded apps, a little dialog box asking if I'm OK with sharing anonymous usage information.

I think the standard is slightly different with desktop apps (with the spectre of 'spyware' to be avoided)




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