Since we prefer to put privacy first, we like to disable any cookie tracking, sentry and activity tracking in Plesk by updating the panel.ini. While these extra’s may help Plesk out to improve their products, we wish that it is not required to use non-European tracking solution in a control panel with sensitive data. Even though Plesk explains that Sentry is not used for tracking, it is not something we wish to include by default.
Disable cookies, sentry and activity tracking in Plesk
For this step, you will need to open /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini in your SSH terminal (e.g. nano /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/panel.ini). Or, if you prefer the GUI, install the extension Panel.ini Editor and click on Editor.
Add the following:
[gdpr] cookieBox.enabled=false [feedback] sentry.dsn = "" [userActivityTracking] enabled=false
Plesk is now privacy friendly
By disabling the cookies, sentry and user activity tracking, there are no more external calls when using the template (unless an extension requires this). This means that Plesk is now privay friendly and does not rely on third party tracking tools.