Configuring Collector level anonymization
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Nexthink offers various ways to anonymize data, as well as, granular controls for user privacy. The approach described in this article complements similar features offered by the making sure the data leaving the device is anonymized.
If the data anonymization is enabled for the user name and activity at the Collector level, there is no need to enable the server-side equivalents.
By default, the Collector reports a user name in a human-readable format. Use one of the following solutions to enable the user name's encryption and to produce a unique, irreversible hash as an output:
If the Nexthink server infrastructure is configured to retrieve data from Active Directory using the the system discards information derived from the Collector and only keeps information derived from Active Directory.
The remote action labeled allows you to change the Collector configuration parameter for the anonymized user name feature.
Use the Windows registry to create the following key:
registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Nexthink\Collector\AnonymizedData
value type
DWORD
value
UserName=1
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the registry.
Start the Collector.
Use the Mac Collector configuration file config.json located in the folder/Library/Application Support/Nexthink to add the following parameter on a new line at the end of the file before the closing curly bracket:
"AnonymizeUserName": true
Here is an extract of the end of a configuration file.
The first lines have been hidden and are shown as … on line number 1.
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the configuration file.
Start the Collector.
By default, reporting the focus time is disabled. Use one of the following solutions to enable it:
Use the Windows registry to create the following key:
registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Nexthink\Collector\WindowFocusTimeMonitoring
value type
DWORD
value
Enabled=1
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the registry.
Start the Collector.
Use the Mac Collector configuration file config.json located in the folder /Library/Application Support/Nexthink to add the following parameter on a new line at the end of the file before the closing curly bracket:
"EnableWindowFocusTimeMonitoring": true
Here is an extract of the end of a configuration file.
The first lines have been hidden and are shown as … on line number 1.
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the configuration file.
Start the Collector.
By default, the Collector reports the user activity. Use one of the following solutions to disable it.
Use the Windows registry to create the following key:
registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Nexthink\Collector\UserInteractionTimeMonitoring
value type
DWORD
value
Disabled=1
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the registry.
Start the Collector.
Use the Mac Collector configuration file config.json located in the folder /Library/Application Support/Nexthink to add the following parameter on a new line at the end of the file before the closing curly bracket:
"DisableUserInteractionTimeMonitoring": true
Here is an extract of the end of a configuration file.
The first lines have been hidden and are shown as … on line number 1.
For the changes to take effect, follow this sequence:
Stop the Collector.
Modify the configuration file.
Start the Collector.
The remote action labeled allows you to change the Collector configuration parameter for the focus time feature.
