Other Types of Identifiers
In case you use TelemetryDeck in a more advanced way where you supply a custom user identifier, you’ll need to think about this for a second:
If you instead specify a User Identifier such as email address or username to TelemetryDeck, check instead the User ID checkmark. The identifier is only transmitted as a hash, but it still counts as a user identifier.
If you instead are purposefully disabling user tracking by handing the same string to TelemetryDeck for each user, you don’t need to check any of the checkboxes in the Identifiers section.
Now scroll further down to the Usage Data section and check the Product Interaction checkbox, and you’re done with the first part. Click Save and you’ll be returned to the main screen, where it’ll say 2 data types collected from this app: Device ID, Product Interaction.
Next up, you’ll need to give Apple more information about the Device ID and how the Product Interaction works.
In the newly appeared Identifiers section, click Set Up Device ID. In the dialog, check the checkbox next to Analytics and click Next.
The next question is Are the device IDs collected from this app linked to the user’s identity? Unless you are specifically adding user identifiable information to your Signal payloads, you can answer No to this question, and click Next.
The next screen defines various terms, such as Tracking and Third-Party Data. After reading through it, click next, and next again until you reach the next question.
TelemetryDeck does not fall under the definition of tracking. Care is taken to dis-associate ID’s in TelemetryDeck from any real world person. Unless you do other tracking unrelated to the Device ID, answer No, we do not use device IDs for tracking purposes.
Next, we are back at the main screen and need to set up Usage Data.
To begin, click Set Up Product Interaction. We only use Usage Data for Analytics, so enable the checkbox next to Analytics and click Next.
Similar to the user identifier, we do not link this data to personally identifiable data. Select No, product interaction data collected from this app is not linked to the user’s identity and click next.
The next two screens are information screens. After reading them, click Next on each.
Finally, we are asked if product information is used for tracking purposes. That is not the case, so select No, we do not use product interaction data for tracking purposes and click Save.
And you’re done! Your app now has a complete set of privacy details, and thanks to TelemetryDeck’s privacy-first design, you’ll still get all the value of analytics, while still giving your users excellent privacy!