<p>Usage data is collected from the logs of various web services
that the Jalview Desktop contacts through its normal operation.
These are described below:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><em>HTTP logs on the Jalview website</em><br> We
- record IP addresses of machines which access the web site, either
- via the browser when downloading the application, or when the
- Jalview Desktop user interface is launched.<br> <br>
- <ul>
- <li><i>The Jalview Getdown Launcher</i> (Since 2.11.0) examines release
- channels every time Jalview launches to determine if a new
- release is available.</li>
- <li><i>The questionnaire web service at
- www.jalview.org/cgi-bin/questionnaire.pl is checked and a
- unique cookie for the current questionnaire is stored in the
- Jalview properties file.</i></li>
- <li><i>The Jalview web services stack is contacted to
- retrieve the currently available web services. All
- interactions with the public Jalview web services are
- logged, but we delete all job data (input data and results)
- after about two weeks.</i></li>
- </ul> <br></li>
- <li><em>Google Analytics</em><br> Since Jalview 2.4.0b2,
- the Jalview Desktop records usage data with Google Analytics via
- the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/jgoogleanalytics/">JGoogleAnalytics</a>
- class.<br> The Google Analytics logs for Jalview version 2.4
- only record the fact that the application was started, but in the
- future, we will use this mechanism to improve the Desktop user
- interface, by tracking which parts of the user interface are being
- used most often.</li>
- </ul>
- </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><em>HTTP logs on the Jalview website</em><br> We record
+ IP addresses of machines which access the web site, either via the
+ browser when downloading the application, or when the Jalview Desktop
+ user interface is launched.<br> <br>
+ <ul>
+ <li><i>The Jalview Getdown Launcher</i> (Since 2.11.0) examines
+ release channels every time Jalview launches to determine if a new
+ release is available.</li>
+ <li><i>The questionnaire web service at
+ www.jalview.org/cgi-bin/questionnaire.pl is checked and a unique
+ cookie for the current questionnaire is stored in the Jalview
+ properties file.</i></li>
+ <li><i>The Jalview web services stack is contacted to
+ retrieve the currently available web services. All interactions
+ with the public Jalview web services are logged, but we delete all
+ job data (input data and results) after about two weeks.</i></li>
+ </ul> <br></li>
+ <li><em>Usage Analytics</em><br> Since Jalview 2.11.2.7, the
+ Jalview Desktop records usage data with Plausible.io via a custom
+ GPLv3 client developed by Ben Soares. Prir to this, Jalview versions
+ as far back as 2.4 recorded application launces via <a
+ href="http://code.google.com/p/jgoogleanalytics/">JGoogleAnalytics</a>
+ .<br> Usage logs for Jalview record the fact that the
+ application was started, and details about the OS, installed Jalview
+ launcher (if any) and java version used. In the future, we will use
+ this mechanism to improve the Desktop user interface, by tracking
+ which parts of the user interface are being used most often.</li>
+ </ul>
<p>
<strong>Stopping Jalview from calling home</strong><br> If you
run Jalview in 'headless mode' via the command line, then the