What anonymous data do the OMERO applications collect?

During the start up of any of our software (bio-formats in ImageJ, importer, insight, webclient, or server) an upgrade check is performed by sending us the following information:

• Java virtual machine version
• operating system details (architecture, version and name)
• current server or client version
• your (external) IP address and HTTP header information (this is standard with every web request your browser makes) .

This information is used to determine if an upgrade is required. We also use this information to determine usage statistics, primarily to support grant applications for our work.

Additionally, when you use the comment or error-feedback feature in our clients you can also send us an optional email address and comment. These feedback messages may also contain the full pathname of any file you were having trouble with (such as the path to your image file or client application).

In all cases, our goal is to collect this data for the purpose of aiding you with your use of OMERO or for the research and development of our products. Other then this, we collect no personally identifiable information.

Further information about our data collection processes can be found here.