This would stand out as a glaring beacon in our performance-monitoring systems, so if it were to occur it would be obvious to us – and it does not occur.</p> 2.0 Data collection and sharing <p>As a public-benefit not-for-profit foundation dedicated to the provision of secure, private, and performant recursive DNS, Quad9 limits its data collection solely to data that enables it to better perform its mission in the service of its users. If data doesn't make the service more secure for its users, more private for its users, or faster and more resilient for its users, we don't bother to collect it.</p> <p>Quad9 does not have any mechanism for users to "sign up" or create an account or otherwise disclose their identity to us, because we have no technical or business need to be able to identify users or distinguish one from another.