diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
index 6daecdd1c..bc3d8b092 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/VersionInformation.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public class VersionInformation {
      */
     private static final String LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL = "http://libreplan.org/VERSION";
 
+    private static final String LIBREPLAN_USAGE_STATS_PARAM = "?stats=1";
+
     /**
      * Delay to wait till we check the URL again
      */
@@ -60,27 +62,32 @@ public class VersionInformation {
     private Date lastVersionCachedDate = new Date();
 
     private VersionInformation() {
-        loadNewVersionFromURL();
     }
 
-    private void loadNewVersionFromURL() {
+    private void loadNewVersionFromURL(boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
         lastVersionCachedDate = new Date();
         try {
-            URL url = new URL(LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL);
+            URL url = getURL(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
             String lastVersion = (new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                     url.openStream()))).readLine();
             if (projectVersion != null && lastVersion != null) {
                 newVersionCached = !projectVersion.equals(lastVersion);
             }
-        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-            LOG.warn("Problems reading LibrePlan version from "
-                    + LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL, e);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             LOG.warn("Problems reading LibrePlan version from "
                     + LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL, e);
         }
     }
 
+    private URL getURL(boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled)
+            throws MalformedURLException {
+        String url = LIBREPLAN_VERSION_URL;
+        if (allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+            url += LIBREPLAN_USAGE_STATS_PARAM;
+        }
+        return new URL(url);
+    }
+
     public static VersionInformation getInstance() {
         return singleton;
     }
@@ -98,13 +105,20 @@ public class VersionInformation {
 
     public void setProjectVersion(String argVersion) {
         projectVersion = argVersion;
+        loadNewVersionFromURL(false);
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns true if a new version of the project is published.
+     *
+     * @param allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled
+     *            If true LibrePlan developers will process the requests to check
+     *            the new versions to generate usages statistics
      */
-    public static boolean isNewVersionAvailable() {
-        return singleton.checkIsNewVersionAvailable();
+    public static boolean isNewVersionAvailable(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+        return singleton
+                .checkIsNewVersionAvailable(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,12 +126,13 @@ public class VersionInformation {
      * Otherwise, during one day it returns the cached value. And it checks it
      * again after that time.
      */
-    private boolean checkIsNewVersionAvailable() {
+    private boolean checkIsNewVersionAvailable(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
         if (!newVersionCached) {
             long oneDayLater = lastVersionCachedDate.getTime()
                     + DELAY_TO_CHECK_URL;
             if (oneDayLater < new Date().getTime()) {
-                loadNewVersionFromURL();
+                loadNewVersionFromURL(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
             }
         }
         return newVersionCached;
diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.java b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.java
index c04df760e..3414abe4c 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.java
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/java/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.java
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ public class Configuration extends BaseEntity {
 
     private Boolean checkNewVersionEnabled = true;
 
+    private Boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled = false;
+
     public void setDefaultCalendar(BaseCalendar defaultCalendar) {
         this.defaultCalendar = defaultCalendar;
     }
@@ -351,4 +353,14 @@ public class Configuration extends BaseEntity {
         this.checkNewVersionEnabled = checkNewVersionEnabled;
     }
 
+    public boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled() {
+        return allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled != null ? allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled
+                : false;
+    }
+
+    public void setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+        this.allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled = allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.2.xml b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.2.xml
index 29fa8c55d..336b94398 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.2.xml
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/db.changelog-1.2.xml
@@ -45,4 +45,17 @@
             columnDataType="BOOLEAN" />
     </changeSet>
 
+    <changeSet id="add-new-column-allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled" author="mrego">
+        <comment>Add new column allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled with default value FALSE to configuration table</comment>
+        <addColumn tableName="configuration">
+            <column name="allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled" type="BOOLEAN" />
+        </addColumn>
+        <addDefaultValue tableName="configuration" columnName="allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled"
+           defaultValueBoolean="FALSE" />
+        <addNotNullConstraint tableName="configuration"
+           columnName="allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled"
+            defaultNullValue="FALSE"
+            columnDataType="BOOLEAN" />
+    </changeSet>
+
 </databaseChangeLog>
diff --git a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.hbm.xml b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.hbm.xml
index 236e58bb8..d39b350c9 100644
--- a/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.hbm.xml
+++ b/libreplan-business/src/main/resources/org/libreplan/business/common/entities/Configuration.hbm.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
             column="enabled_autocomplete_login" />
         <property name="checkNewVersionEnabled" not-null="true"
             column="check_new_version_enabled" />
+        <property name="allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled" not-null="true"
+            column="allow_to_gather_usage_stats_enabled" />
         <property name="progressType" column="progress_type">
             <type name="org.hibernate.type.EnumType">
                 <param name="enumClass">org.libreplan.business.common.entities.ProgressType</param>
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationController.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationController.java
index 086ce17cf..e928a4294 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationController.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationController.java
@@ -847,4 +847,14 @@ public class ConfigurationController extends GenericForwardComposer {
         configurationModel.setCheckNewVersionEnabled(checkNewVersionEnabled);
     }
 
+    public boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled() {
+        return configurationModel.isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+        configurationModel
+                .setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationModel.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationModel.java
index 0e6228473..8f5a69405 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationModel.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ConfigurationModel.java
@@ -564,4 +564,17 @@ public class ConfigurationModel implements IConfigurationModel {
     public void setCheckNewVersionEnabled(boolean checkNewVersionEnabled) {
         configuration.setCheckNewVersionEnabled(checkNewVersionEnabled);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled() {
+        return configuration.isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled) {
+        configuration
+                .setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/IConfigurationModel.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/IConfigurationModel.java
index fb28e73fe..c070a21a2 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/IConfigurationModel.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/IConfigurationModel.java
@@ -154,4 +154,9 @@ public interface IConfigurationModel {
     boolean isCheckNewVersionEnabled();
 
     void setCheckNewVersionEnabled(boolean checkNewVersionEnabled);
+
+    boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled();
+
+    void setAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled(
+            boolean allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled);
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ITemplateModel.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ITemplateModel.java
index b8c6e43d2..1d9087fdb 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ITemplateModel.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/ITemplateModel.java
@@ -60,4 +60,6 @@ public interface ITemplateModel {
 
     boolean isCheckNewVersionEnabled();
 
+    boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled();
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
index 15b038354..ec2347730 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateController.java
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ public class TemplateController extends GenericForwardComposer {
             return false;
         }
 
-        return VersionInformation.isNewVersionAvailable();
+        return VersionInformation.isNewVersionAvailable(templateModel
+                .isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateModel.java b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateModel.java
index d663896c7..09bf5de3a 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateModel.java
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/java/org/libreplan/web/common/TemplateModel.java
@@ -490,4 +490,11 @@ public class TemplateModel implements ITemplateModel {
     public boolean isCheckNewVersionEnabled() {
         return configurationDAO.getConfiguration().isCheckNewVersionEnabled();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    @Transactional(readOnly = true)
+    public boolean isAllowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled() {
+        return configurationDAO.getConfiguration().isCheckNewVersionEnabled();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/configuration.zul b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/configuration.zul
index 2f3771379..4b8a86fe8 100644
--- a/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/configuration.zul
+++ b/libreplan-webapp/src/main/webapp/common/configuration.zul
@@ -94,10 +94,16 @@
                             </row>
                             <row>
                                 <label value="${i18n:_('Warning new version')}" />
-                                <checkbox
-                                    label="${i18n:_('Enable/Disable')}"
-                                    tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Enable/Disable warning about new LibrePlan versions available')}"
-                                    checked="@{configurationController.checkNewVersionEnabled}" />
+                                <vbox>
+                                    <checkbox
+                                        label="${i18n:_('Show a warning when new LibrePlan versions are released')}"
+                                        tooltiptext="${i18n:_('Enable/Disable warning about new LibrePlan versions available')}"
+                                        checked="@{configurationController.checkNewVersionEnabled}" />
+                                    <checkbox
+                                        label="${i18n:_('Help project developers to collect information about LibrePlan usage thanks to this feature')}"
+                                        tooltiptext="${i18n:_('If you ask us to do so, we will not use your requests to generate usage statistics')}"
+                                        checked="@{configurationController.allowToGatherUsageStatsEnabled}" />
+                                </vbox>
                             </row>
                             <row>
                                 <label value="${i18n:_('Generate code for')}" />