Product Telemetry

KX offers users the option to enable telemetry when using KDB-X Community Edition. If you choose to enable telemetry, KX will collect data relating to the operation and usage of KDB-X Community Edition, including performance metrics, configuration and settings, diagnostics relating to the operation of KDB-X Community Edition, and information about how features are used.

This data may include personal data (as defined under applicable data protection laws), including identifiers that can be used to associate telemetry data with a user, device, or account.

We use this data to operate, support, and improve KDB-X Community Edition, and for analytics purposes, including understanding usage patterns, customer engagement, and potential interest in our products and services.

For more information on the telemetry data we collect and how it is used, please refer to our Telemetry Data Statement. For details on how we handle personal data more generally, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

You can enable or disable telemetry during installation, or at any time thereafter by setting the appropriate environment variable.

Enable telemetry

You can enable telemetry during or after installation by setting the KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY environment variable to YES.

For example, in a Unix-like shell, you can run:

export KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY=YES

In Windows Command Prompt, you can run:

set KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY=YES

In PowerShell, you can run:

$env:KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY="YES"

Disable telemetry

You can disable telemetry during or after installation by setting the KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY environment variable to NO or by deleting the variable.

For example, in a Unix-like shell, you can run:

export KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY=NO

In Windows Command Prompt, you can run:

set KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY=NO

In PowerShell, you can run:

$env:KX_UPLOAD_TELEMETRY="NO"