Usage Settings allow you to manage the ways in which your Developer Data may be used across the Unity ecosystem. The data that is collected for you is managed separately. Usage Settings work in conjunction with Unity products and services and allow you to manage the Developer Data they use.

When you use a Unity product or service that requires Developer Data, you are allowing Unity to use that data to provide you the service and specifically for your benefit. Through the other usage settings, you can specify additional opportunities where Unity may use your data above and beyond the services you use.

Developer Data allows Unity to provide you with products and services and to improve your direct experience as a customer. By using a Unity product or service, you signal that you would like to use your Developer Data for your benefit in that context. You also signal that Unity can access and analyze your data to better understand behavior and trends, and use this data to improve Unity products and services.

In addition, this setting does not permit Unity to combine your Developer Data with that belonging to other customers to enable features and functionality. Any such use can only occur at your specific direction and with the acceptance of any applicable Terms of Service or policies.

Data is often most powerful when combined with other sources and used in aggregate to benefit customers. This setting allows Unity to combine your Developer Data with that of other opted-in customers to provide you with various features and functionality that require appropriately aggregated and abstracted cross-developer data. Depending on their specific data needs, certain features may require that you allow your data to be used in this way in order for you to use the feature yourself. Any such features will be clearly indicated so that you can make informed and intentional decisions about your data.

Allows Unity to provide anonymized benchmarks or trend comparisons to opted-in developers who agree to contribute their aggregated data. By doing so, Unity may use your appropriately aggregated and abstracted Developer Data to improve its machine learning models, drive engine intelligence, or deliver industry-wide insights.

Grants Unity’s support team access to your Developer Data for troubleshooting and resolution of support tickets.

Enables Unity to suggest features, services, or best practices based on patterns in your data and how other customers are succeeding with Unity.

As with collection settings, if you have not set a particular usage setting, Unity takes a conservative approach to interpreting your desired behavior. Generally, this means that your Developer Data will be used to enable the products and services you use. For example, by using the Unity engine with diagnostic data collection enabled, your Developer Data will be used by the Engine for essential functions including diagnostics.

In certain cases, where you may have otherwise communicated your intent, we are also able to take those signals into account. By doing so, our goal is to give you a smooth experience by using your Developer Data for your own benefit. Once all Developer Data Settings have been set, Unity will honor those controls based on the inputs you provide.