The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program must be disabled.

From Windows 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-48260r1_rule The Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program must be disabled.

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Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting ensures the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program is disabled so information is not passed to the vendor.

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Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication Settings -> "Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" to "Enabled".

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