# Information collected and transmitted by Git Extensions

We would like your permission to collect a little information about how you use Git Extensions. This will help us to make the application better.
You can opt-out any time.

First, a reminder: Git Extensions is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement.

For telemetry we employ [Microsoft Application Insights](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/app-insights-overview). The information is collected on rolling basis, and is stored for a limited amount of time.
Here's a breakdown of all the information we may collect via the Application Insights.


### Application-Level
Includes:
* Exception information (could, in rare cases, contain paths on your computer)
* App version number (e.g. 2.0.x.x)
* Is portable version
* Build type (whether the application is an official release build or not)
* Selected layout settings (such as visibility of the left panel, commit info position etc)
* Change of selected layout settings
* Git version (e.g. 2.19.0)
* SSH client (e.g. OpenSSH or PuTTY)
* SSH client path (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\GitExtensions\PuTTY\plink.exe)


### Operating System-Level
Includes:
* OS version (e.g. Windows 10.0.17763.0)
* .NET CLR version (e.g. 4.0.30319.42000)
* .NET SDK version (e.g. dotnet:2.10.0-24102)
* Current culture
* Current UI culture
* Number of monitors
* Resolution of all monitors
* Primary monitor DPI / scale factor
