W3C has been defining SVG Native, but it hasn't progressed much lately — mostly because there hasn't been any interest in it. SVG Native is a small subset of SVG 2.0 which doesn't support scripting, animations or any external references. https://svgwg.org/specs/svg-native/
It isn't only corporate development teams — open source development teams want to spy on their users, too. For instance, Homebrew: "Anonymous analytics allow us to prioritise fixes and features based on how, where and when people use Homebrew." [1]