CIS Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Release 1909 Benchmark

19.7.7.3 (L2) Ensure 'Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences' is set to 'Enabled' (Scored)

ProfileApplicability:

 Level 2 (L2) - High Security/Sensitive Data Environment (limited functionality)

Description:

This setting determines if Windows can use diagnostic data to provide tailored experiences to the user.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled .

Rationale:

Tracking, collection and utilization of personalized data is a privacy and security issue that is of concern to many organizations.

Audit:

Navigate to the UI Path articulated in the Remediation section and confirm it is set as prescribed. This group policy setting is backed by the following registry location:

HKEY_USERS\[USER SID]\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent:DisableTailoredExperien cesWithDiagnosticData

Remediation:

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Enabled :

User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Cloud Content\Do not use diagnostic data for tailored experiences

Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default. It is provided by the Group Policy template CloudContent.admx/adml that is included with the Microsoft Windows 10 Release 1703 Administrative Templates (or newer).

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