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title: Observability
description: Privacy Proxy provides two methods for accessing metrics and monitoring your proxy deployment. We recommend getting started with GraphQL as the default method for observability.
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# Observability

Privacy Proxy provides two methods for accessing metrics and monitoring your proxy deployment. We recommend getting started with GraphQL as the default method for observability.

* [ GraphQL Analytics API ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-proxy/reference/metrics/graphql/)
* [ OpenTelemetry ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-proxy/reference/metrics/opentelemetry/)

## Data privacy

Regardless of whether you use the GraphQL Analytics API or OpenTelemetry, Privacy Proxy observability data does not include:

* User IP addresses
* Request content or headers (beyond what is needed for metrics)
* Destination URLs or hostnames (aggregated only)
* Authentication tokens or credentials

Both methods export only operational metrics that help you monitor service health without compromising user privacy.

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