It seems prudent to include a link to the https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Pingback_Privacy_Statement in the MW installer on the step where the user can choose to send pingback data
Current messages don't include it, so it means going to mediawiki.org and then onto the policy page, which seems a step too deep to me
"config-pingback": "Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers.", "config-pingback-help": "If you select this option, MediaWiki will periodically ping https://www.mediawiki.org with basic data about this MediaWiki instance. This data includes, for example, the type of system, PHP version, and chosen database backend. The Wikimedia Foundation shares this data with MediaWiki developers to help guide future development efforts. The following data will be sent for your system:\n<pre>$1</pre>",