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Manage telemetry and privacy

Control whether Big Picture Money may send anonymous usage information. Sharing is off until you turn it on. Categorization contribution is a separate switch on the same screen — see Improve categorization accuracy.

Prerequisites​

Steps​

  1. Open Settings from the left navigation (or Account → Settings in the title bar).
  2. Under General, find Anonymous usage sharing (or similar wording next to Help improve categorization).
  3. Turn the switch on to allow anonymous usage sharing, or off to stop it.
  4. Optional: under the same section, use Ask me to report app errors to show or hide Home Action required → Report errors prompts (this is separate from usage sharing).
  5. Optional: during first-run setup, use the Help improve Big Picture Money? prompt to enable usage sharing and categorization contribution before you open Settings.

Expected result​

  • With usage sharing off, Big Picture Money does not send anonymous usage data.
  • With usage sharing on, allowlisted usage signals may be sent in the background while the data file is unlocked (see Telemetry privacy).
  • After you quit and reopen the app, your choice is remembered.
  • Nothing is sent while the database is locked.
  • Turning Ask me to report app errors off hides the Home prompt; turning it back on restores prompts when unreported errors exist.