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69.5 Ensure 'Upload User Activities' is set to 'Disabled'

Information

This policy setting determines whether published User Activities can be uploaded to the cloud.

The recommended state for this setting is: Disabled.

Due to privacy concerns, data should never be sent to any third-party since this data could contain sensitive information.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Disabled :

Privacy\Upload User Activities

Impact:

Activities of type User Activity are not allowed to be uploaded to the cloud. The Timeline feature will not function across devices.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27282

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 5eb3cf85adf44f91212a0141d4d381b34adac817e6b5425d34e7b94ed0f3db50