18.8.2 (L2) Ensure 'Remove Personalized Website Recommendations from the Recommended section in the Start Menu' is set to 'Enabled'

Information

This policy setting configures whether personalized website recommendations are shown in the in the Start Menu.

The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled

Microsoft's personalized website recommendations are based on data gathered from user activity. This data could contain sensitive information.

Solution

To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to Enabled :

Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Remove Personalized Website Recommendations from the Recommended section in the Start Menu

Note: This Group Policy path is provided by the Group Policy template StartMenu.admx/adml that is included with the Microsoft Windows 11 Release 22H2 Administrative Templates v3.0 (or newer).

Impact:

Personalized website recommendations will not be shown in the Start Menu.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/17603

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 7f4f94ffe923f2bd6ca0eaa05dde64806ec7f4a443a85b9e98be6e5d4aabbdce