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docs/Analytics: note retention period.
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- If a formula is widely used and is failing often it will enable us to prioritise fixing that formula over others.
- Collecting the OS version allows us to decide what versions of macOS to prioritise and support and identify build failures that occur only on single versions.
## How Long?
Homebrew's anonymous user and event data have a 14 month retention period. This is the [lowest possible value for Google Analytics](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196).
## What?
Homebrew's analytics record some shared information for every event: