DTBC-0066 - Anonymized data collection must be disabled.

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Information

Enable URL-keyed anonymized data collection in Google Chrome and prevent users from changing this setting.
URL-keyed anonymized data collection sends URLs of pages the user visits to Google to make searches and browsing better.
If you enable this policy, URL-keyed anonymized data collection is always active.
If you disable this policy, URL-keyed anonymized data collection is never active.
If this policy is left not set, URL-keyed anonymized data collection will be enabled but the user will be able to change it.

Solution

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
Policy Name: Enable URL-keyed anonymized data collection
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: NA

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Google_Chrome_V2R8_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001166, Rule-ID|SV-221597r615937_rule, STIG-ID|DTBC-0066, STIG-Legacy|SV-101303, STIG-Legacy|V-91203, Vuln-ID|V-221597

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 3f34fb0bef1275298dffe919e97e891f7c5678b301f8cf80931ef9eae425ebc7