From: James Procter <j.procter@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:29:43 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-4117 JAL-4001 plausible analytics release notes and privacy docs
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_4_0~260^2
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f65da43ae027f971382e08b42f9ae7cd09d794b8;p=jalview.git

JAL-4117 JAL-4001 plausible analytics release notes and privacy docs
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diff --git a/help/help/html/privacy.html b/help/help/html/privacy.html
index 9ad61b5..73138f6 100644
--- a/help/help/html/privacy.html
+++ b/help/help/html/privacy.html
@@ -34,35 +34,35 @@
   <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
diff --git a/help/markdown/releases/release-2_11_2_7.md b/help/markdown/releases/release-2_11_2_7.md
index f03ec9d..1ab0ebb 100644
--- a/help/markdown/releases/release-2_11_2_7.md
+++ b/help/markdown/releases/release-2_11_2_7.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
-version: 2.11.2.6
-date: 2023-01-23
+version: 2.11.2.7
+date: 2023-06-29
 channel: "release"
 ---
 
 ## New Features
+- <!-- JAL-4001 --> Jalview now reports usage statistics via Plausible.io
 
 ## Issues Resolved
 - <!-- JAL-4116 --> PDB structures slow to view when Jalview Java console is open
-