# How we use data

DevFeed: [How we use data](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-use-data-9820.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-use-data/>)

Author: Max Burkhardt; Olabode Anise

Published: 2022-10-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [stripe](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stripe.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [case-studies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-studies.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [payment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [stripe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stripe.md>)

## AI overview

Figma explains how it collects and uses user data to provide its service and improve its products. The article distinguishes functional data, such as account information, from analytics data about platform usage, and describes how data science and engineering teams use that information to improve features, optimize performance, and protect the Figma community.

## Source excerpt

Data is a vital component in how we improve Figma day by day. Learn more about what kind of data we use and how we use it.