JeffOffice usage statistics

The JeffOffice apps (JeffPub, JeffDeck, JeffWrite, and JeffCrunch) share one choice about this, asked in setup or when one of them first starts, and changed under File > Options in any of them. When it's on, each of them sends the following once a day while it's in use, and once more the day it's updated:

• a random number made up when JeffOffice was installed, which says nothing about you or your computer (every app sends the same number, so someone who uses several is one person here);
• which app it comes from, its version, your operating system and its version, and your computer's language;
• how many times it was started, and how many times each of its commands was used (for example "opened a .pub file" in JeffPub, "opened a .pptx file" in JeffDeck, "saved a .xlsx file" in JeffCrunch, or "exported a PDF").

Never your files, their names, or anything in them. This program doesn't keep or log your IP address. Everything is deleted after 24 months. The numbers show how many people use each app and which parts matter most to them.

Crash reports

If usage statistics are on and one of the apps crashes, it sends a crash report the next time it starts. The report says where in the program it stopped (the names of program files, and numbers that give a position in each), what kind of failure it was (a number), the day it happened, which app it was and its version, your operating system, and the same random number as above. It never includes your documents, their names or contents, anything you typed, or anything that was in your computer's memory. If you turn usage statistics off, no crash reports are sent either.

More, including how to have your records deleted: the JeffOffice privacy notice.

The program that collects all of this is part of JeffOffice's source: server/telemetry.