Information
This policy setting controls whether Microsoft is able to collect a user's browsing history and searches in Microsoft Edge for the purpose of personalizing searches, news, and other Microsoft services.
The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.
Rationale:
Sharing a user's browsing and search history could inadvertently expose data which should be protected.
Impact:
Users' data will not be shared with Microsoft and the personalization of searches, news, etc. will not be available.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Disabled:
Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Edge\Allow personalization of ads, Microsoft Edge, search, news and other Microsoft services by sending browsing history, favorites and collections, usage and other browsing data to Microsoft
Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template MSEdge.admx/adml that can be downloaded from: Download Microsoft Edge for Business - Microsoft.
Default Value:
Enabled.