Product Usage Data includes data about how customers are using our products, so we can understand how certain features are working, and so we can improve them in the future. If you prefer not to send Product Usage Data back to Tableau, you can opt-out during installation, at run time (requires restart), or in an organization-wide deployment:

• Changing Product Usage Data options for Tableau Desktop
• Changing Product Usage Data options for Tableau Server

BasicProduct Data is information that Tableau needs to make your products run and to provide timely security updates to you. If your organization does not want to send Basic Product Data back to Tableau, you can block this at the machine or organizational level:

• Block sending of Basic Product Data for Tableau Desktop
• Block sending of Basic Product Data for an enterprise