diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/admin/Settings.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/admin/Settings.tsx
index 3744ffa87cc8ea..d571f887254d62 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/admin/Settings.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/admin/Settings.tsx
@@ -5,15 +5,32 @@
  */
 
 import { useContext } from "react";
-import { InstallationAdminSettings } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
+import { TelemetryData, InstallationAdminSettings } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol";
 import { AdminContext } from "../admin-context";
 import CheckBox from "../components/CheckBox";
 import { PageWithSubMenu } from "../components/PageWithSubMenu";
 import { getGitpodService } from "../service/service";
 import { adminMenu } from "./admin-menu";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import InfoBox from "../components/InfoBox";
+import { Redirect } from "react-router-dom";
+import { UserContext } from "../user-context";
 
 export default function Settings() {
     const { adminSettings, setAdminSettings } = useContext(AdminContext);
+    const [telemetryData, setTelemetryData] = useState<TelemetryData>();
+    const { user } = useContext(UserContext);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        (async () => {
+            const data = await getGitpodService().server.adminGetTelemetryData();
+            setTelemetryData(data)
+        })();
+    });
+
+    if (!user || !user?.rolesOrPermissions?.includes('admin')) {
+        return <Redirect to="/"/>
+    }
 
     const actuallySetTelemetryPrefs = async (value: InstallationAdminSettings) => {
         await getGitpodService().server.adminUpdateSettings(value);
@@ -26,12 +43,13 @@ export default function Settings() {
                 <h3>Usage Statistics</h3>
                 <CheckBox
                     title="Enable Service Ping"
-                    desc={<span>This is used to provide insights on how you use your cluster so we can provide a better overall experience. <a className="gp-link" href="https://www.gitpod.io/privacy">Read our Privacy Policy</a></span>}
+                    desc={<span>The following usage data is sent to provide insights on how you use your Gitpod instance, so we can provide a better overall experience. <a className="gp-link" href="https://www.gitpod.io/privacy">Read our Privacy Policy</a></span>}
                     checked={adminSettings?.sendTelemetry ?? false}
                     onChange={(evt) => actuallySetTelemetryPrefs({
                         sendTelemetry: evt.target.checked,
                     })} />
-            </PageWithSubMenu>
+                <InfoBox><pre>{JSON.stringify(telemetryData, null, 2)}</pre></InfoBox>
+            </PageWithSubMenu >
         </div >
     )
 }
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
index 363bf56f8d796e..82858184cf3d34 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/gitpod-service.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { GithubUpgradeURL, PlanCoupon } from './payment-protocol';
 import { TeamSubscription, TeamSubscriptionSlot, TeamSubscriptionSlotResolved } from './team-subscription-protocol';
 import { RemotePageMessage, RemoteTrackMessage, RemoteIdentifyMessage } from './analytics';
 import { IDEServer } from './ide-protocol';
-import { InstallationAdminSettings } from './installation-admin-protocol';
+import { InstallationAdminSettings, TelemetryData } from './installation-admin-protocol';
 
 export interface GitpodClient {
     onInstanceUpdate(instance: WorkspaceInstance): void;
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export interface GitpodServer extends JsonRpcServer<GitpodClient>, AdminServer,
     // Admin Settings
     adminGetSettings(): Promise<InstallationAdminSettings>;
     adminUpdateSettings(settings: InstallationAdminSettings): Promise<void>;
+    adminGetTelemetryData(): Promise<TelemetryData>;
 
     // Projects
     getProviderRepositoriesForUser(params: GetProviderRepositoriesParams): Promise<ProviderRepository[]>;
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/installation-admin-protocol.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/installation-admin-protocol.ts
index 94eb746c5a1476..5d84bd1a4db6ab 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/installation-admin-protocol.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/installation-admin-protocol.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface InstallationAdmin {
     settings: InstallationAdminSettings;
 }
 
-export interface Data {
+export interface TelemetryData {
     installationAdmin: InstallationAdmin
     totalUsers: number
     totalWorkspaces: number
diff --git a/components/server/src/auth/rate-limiter.ts b/components/server/src/auth/rate-limiter.ts
index 70f881e7591eda..c1dd380d0f3073 100644
--- a/components/server/src/auth/rate-limiter.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/auth/rate-limiter.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ function getConfig(config: RateLimiterConfig): RateLimiterConfig {
         "adminSetLicense": { group: "default", points: 1 },
         "adminGetSettings": { group: "default", points: 1 },
         "adminUpdateSettings": { group: "default", points: 1 },
+        "adminGetTelemetryData": {group: "default", points: 1},
 
         "validateLicense": { group: "default", points: 1 },
         "getLicenseInfo": { group: "default", points: 1 },
diff --git a/components/server/src/container-module.ts b/components/server/src/container-module.ts
index 6159d31b19884a..171be7a412d218 100644
--- a/components/server/src/container-module.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/container-module.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ import { DebugApp } from './debug-app';
 import { LocalMessageBroker, LocalRabbitMQBackedMessageBroker } from './messaging/local-message-broker';
 import { contentServiceBinder } from '@gitpod/content-service/lib/sugar';
 import { ReferrerPrefixParser } from './workspace/referrer-prefix-context-parser';
+import { InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider } from './installation-admin/telemetry-data-provider';
 
 export const productionContainerModule = new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
     bind(Config).toConstantValue(ConfigFile.fromFile());
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ export const productionContainerModule = new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBo
 
     bind(TermsProvider).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
 
+    bind(InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
+
     // binds all content services
     (contentServiceBinder((ctx) => {
         const config = ctx.container.get<Config>(Config);
diff --git a/components/server/src/installation-admin/installation-admin-controller.ts b/components/server/src/installation-admin/installation-admin-controller.ts
index 824ab105513738..e2f2c860e22e43 100644
--- a/components/server/src/installation-admin/installation-admin-controller.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/installation-admin/installation-admin-controller.ts
@@ -6,27 +6,17 @@
 
 import { injectable, inject } from 'inversify';
 import * as express from 'express';
-import { InstallationAdminDB, UserDB, WorkspaceDB } from '@gitpod/gitpod-db/lib';
-import { Data } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol'
+import { InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider } from './telemetry-data-provider';
 
 @injectable()
 export class InstallationAdminController {
-    @inject(InstallationAdminDB) protected readonly installationAdminDb: InstallationAdminDB;
-    @inject(UserDB) protected readonly userDb: UserDB
-    @inject(WorkspaceDB) protected readonly workspaceDb: WorkspaceDB
+    @inject(InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider) protected readonly telemetryDataProvider: InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider;
 
     public create(): express.Application {
         const app = express();
 
         app.get('/data', async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
-            const data: Data = {
-                installationAdmin: await this.installationAdminDb.getData(),
-                totalUsers: await this.userDb.getUserCount(true),
-                totalWorkspaces: await this.workspaceDb.getWorkspaceCount(),
-                totalInstances: await this.workspaceDb.getInstanceCount(),
-            } as Data;
-
-            res.status(200).json(data);
+            res.status(200).json(await this.telemetryDataProvider.getTelemetryData());
         });
 
         return app;
diff --git a/components/server/src/installation-admin/telemetry-data-provider.ts b/components/server/src/installation-admin/telemetry-data-provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2d6a6189d76a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/server/src/installation-admin/telemetry-data-provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
+ * See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
+ */
+
+ import { injectable, inject } from 'inversify';
+
+ import { TelemetryData } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol"
+ import { InstallationAdminDB, UserDB, WorkspaceDB } from '@gitpod/gitpod-db/lib';
+
+ @injectable()
+ export class InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider {
+    @inject(InstallationAdminDB) protected readonly installationAdminDb: InstallationAdminDB;
+    @inject(UserDB) protected readonly userDb: UserDB
+    @inject(WorkspaceDB) protected readonly workspaceDb: WorkspaceDB
+
+     async getTelemetryData(): Promise<TelemetryData> {
+            const data: TelemetryData = {
+                installationAdmin: await this.installationAdminDb.getData(),
+                totalUsers: await this.userDb.getUserCount(true),
+                totalWorkspaces: await this.workspaceDb.getWorkspaceCount(),
+                totalInstances: await this.workspaceDb.getInstanceCount(),
+            } as TelemetryData;
+
+            return data;
+        }
+ }
diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
index 2d2c4287742a08..1c3ec649a79027 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ import { PartialProject } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/src/teams-projects-proto
 import { ClientMetadata, traceClientMetadata } from '../websocket/websocket-connection-manager';
 import { ConfigurationService } from '../config/configuration-service';
 import { ProjectEnvVar } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/src/protocol';
-import { InstallationAdminSettings } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol';
+import { InstallationAdminSettings, TelemetryData } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol';
 import { Deferred } from '@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/deferred';
+import { InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider } from '../installation-admin/telemetry-data-provider';
 
 // shortcut
 export const traceWI = (ctx: TraceContext, wi: Omit<LogContext, "userId">) => TraceContext.setOWI(ctx, wi);    // userId is already taken care of in WebsocketConnectionManager
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export class GitpodServerImpl implements GitpodServerWithTracing, Disposable {
     @inject(HostContextProvider) protected readonly hostContextProvider: HostContextProvider;
     @inject(GitpodFileParser) protected readonly gitpodParser: GitpodFileParser;
     @inject(InstallationAdminDB) protected readonly installationAdminDb: InstallationAdminDB;
+    @inject(InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider) protected readonly telemetryDataProvider: InstallationAdminTelemetryDataProvider;
+
 
     @inject(WorkspaceStarter) protected readonly workspaceStarter: WorkspaceStarter;
     @inject(WorkspaceManagerClientProvider) protected readonly workspaceManagerClientProvider: WorkspaceManagerClientProvider;
@@ -2203,6 +2206,16 @@ export class GitpodServerImpl implements GitpodServerWithTracing, Disposable {
         await this.installationAdminDb.setSettings(newSettings);
     }
 
+    async adminGetTelemetryData(ctx: TraceContext): Promise<TelemetryData> {
+        traceAPIParams(ctx, {});
+
+        await this.guardAdminAccess("adminGetTelemetryData", {}, Permission.ADMIN_API);
+
+       return await this.telemetryDataProvider.getTelemetryData();
+    }
+
+
+
     async getLicenseInfo(): Promise<GetLicenseInfoResult> {
         throw new ResponseError(ErrorCodes.EE_FEATURE, `Licensing is implemented in Gitpod's Enterprise Edition`);
     }