Details

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 ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesGoogleGoogle Chrome
Policy Name: Enable URL-keyed anonymized data collection
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: NA

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Google_Chrome_V2R4_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SC-18(1)
• 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

Source

• Tenable.com/audits