SV-221597r961083: Anonymized data collection must be disabled. | Google Chrome Current Windows STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

Anonymized data collection must be disabled.

Description

Discussion Text

Enable URL-keyed anonymized data collection in Google Chrome and prevent users from changing this setting. URL-keyed anonymized data collection sends URLs of pages the user visits to Google to make searches and browsing better. If you enable this policy, URL-keyed anonymized data collection is always active. If you disable this policy, URL-keyed anonymized data collection is never active. If this policy is left not set, URL-keyed anonymized data collection will be enabled but the user will be able to change it.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-001166SV-101303V-91203

References

DPMS Target Google Chrome Current Windows DISA DPMS Target Google Chrome Current Windows 4081

Checks

DISA STIG (Manual Reference)

Universal method: 
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If "UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled" is not displayed under the “Policy Name” column or it is not set to "0" under the “Policy Value” column, this is a finding.
Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the “UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "0," this is a finding.

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:690066
# Anonymized data collection must be disabled.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Check the registry value HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled is set to 0 to disable anonymized data collection
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome').GetValueKind('UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome' -Name 'UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled') -eq 0))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual google_chrome target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.chrome:def:690066
if (!(Test-Path -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome")) { $RegistryPath = "" } else { $RegistryPath = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome" -Name "UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).UrlKeyedAnonymizedDataCollectionEnabled } if (-not $RegistryPath -or $RegistryPath -ne 0) { Write-Output "FAIL"; Exit 1 } else { Write-Output "PASS"; Exit 0 }

Remediation

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\
Policy Name: Enable URL-keyed anonymized data collection
Policy State: Disabled
Policy Value: NA