Mestrics reporting to Google must be disabled

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-0026	DTBC-0026	SV-0026r1_rule		Medium

Description

Enables anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data about Google Chrome to Google and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable this setting, anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data is sent to Google. If you disable this setting, anonymous reporting of usage and crash-related data is never sent to Google. If you enable or disable this setting, users cannot change or override this setting in Google Chrome. If this policy is left not set the setting will be what the user chose upon installation / first run.

STIG	Date
Google Chrome STIG Draft	2012-09-25

Details

Check Text ( C-0026r1_chk )

Universal method (Requires Chrome Browser v15 or later): 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If MetricsReportingEnabled is displayed under the Policy Name column and it is set to false under the Policy Value column, then this is not a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the MetricsReportingEnabled value name does not exist or its value data is not set to 0, then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-0026r1_fix)

Valid for Chrome Browser version 8 or later. Windows registry: Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ Value Name: MetricsReportingEnabled Value Type: Boolean (REG_DWORD) Value Data: 0 Windows group policy: Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Enable reporting of usage and crash-related data Policy State: Disabled Policy Value: N/A