1diff --git a/safety/cli.py b/safety/cli.py 2index 4d1f0c5..db4d930 100644 3--- a/safety/cli.py 4+++ b/safety/cli.py 5@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def configure_logger(ctx, param, debug): 6 @proxy_options 7 @click.option( 8 "--disable-optional-telemetry", 9- default=False, 10+ default=True, 11 is_flag=True, 12 show_default=True, 13 help=CLI_DISABLE_OPTIONAL_TELEMETRY_DATA_HELP, 14diff --git a/safety/safety.py b/safety/safety.py 15index e41f5ae..7d29a50 100644 16--- a/safety/safety.py 17+++ b/safety/safety.py 18@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def fetch_database_url( 19 mirror: str, 20 db_name: str, 21 cached: int, 22- telemetry: bool = True, 23+ telemetry: bool = False, 24 ecosystem: Ecosystem = Ecosystem.PYTHON, 25 from_cache: bool = True 26 ) -> Dict[str, Any]: 27diff --git a/safety/scan/finder/handlers.py b/safety/scan/finder/handlers.py 28index 80a3db6..61a10cc 100644 29--- a/safety/scan/finder/handlers.py 30+++ b/safety/scan/finder/handlers.py 31@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ class PythonFileHandler(FileHandler): 32 33 # Fetch both the full and partial Safety databases 34 fetch_database(session=session, full=False, db=db, cached=True, 35- telemetry=True, ecosystem=Ecosystem.PYTHON, 36+ telemetry=False, ecosystem=Ecosystem.PYTHON, 37 from_cache=False) 38 39 fetch_database(session=session, full=True, db=db, cached=True, 40- telemetry=True, ecosystem=Ecosystem.PYTHON, 41+ telemetry=False, ecosystem=Ecosystem.PYTHON, 42 from_cache=False) 43 44 45diff --git a/safety/util.py b/safety/util.py 46index 2a02236..5feef8d 100644 47--- a/safety/util.py 48+++ b/safety/util.py 49@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def filter_announcements( 50 51 52 def build_telemetry_data( 53- telemetry: bool = True, 54+ telemetry: bool = False, 55 command: Optional[str] = None, 56 subcommand: Optional[str] = None, 57 ) -> TelemetryModel: