diff --git a/lib/inspec.rb b/lib/inspec.rb
index cae64b608..722b3bcd8 100644
--- a/lib/inspec.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require 'inspec/input_registry'
 require 'inspec/rspec_extensions'
 require 'inspec/globals'
 require 'inspec/impact'
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry'
 
 require 'inspec/plugin/v2'
 require 'inspec/plugin/v1'
diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e97bc8ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry/collector'
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry/data_series'
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry/global_methods'
diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/collector.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/collector.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbde84f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/collector.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry/data_series'
+require 'singleton'
+
+module Inspec::Telemetry
+  # A Singleton collection of data series objects.
+  class Collector
+    include Singleton
+
+    def initialize
+      @data_series = []
+      @enabled = true
+    end
+
+    # Add a data series to the collection.
+    # @return [True]
+    def add_data_series(data_series)
+      @data_series << data_series
+    end
+
+    # Is the Telemetry system enabled or disabled?
+    # Always true until we add configuration parsing.
+    # @return [True, False]
+    def telemetry_enabled?
+      @enabled
+    end
+
+    # A way to disable the telemetry system.
+    # @return [True]
+    def disable_telemetry
+      @enabled = false
+    end
+
+    # The entire data series collection.
+    # @return [Array]
+    def list_data_series
+      @data_series
+    end
+
+    # Finds the data series object with the specified name and returns it.
+    # If it does not exist then creates a new data series with that name
+    # and returns it.
+    # @return [Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries]
+    def find_or_create_data_series(name)
+      ds = @data_series.select { |data_series| data_series.name.eql?(name) }
+      if ds.empty?
+        new_data_series = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new(name)
+        @data_series << new_data_series
+        new_data_series
+      else
+        ds.first
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Lists all the data series objects that match the specified name.
+    # @return [Array]
+    def list_data_series_by_name(name)
+      @data_series.select { |ds| ds.name.eql?(name) }
+    end
+
+    # Blanks the contents of the data series collection.
+    # @return [True]
+    def reset
+      @data_series = []
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/data_series.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/data_series.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cadc2aa55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/data_series.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'json'
+
+# A minimal Dataseries Object
+# Stores the name of the data series and an array of data.
+# Stored data should be a object that supports #to_s
+module Inspec::Telemetry
+  class DataSeries
+    def initialize(name)
+      @name = name
+      @enabled = true
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :name
+
+    def data
+      @data ||= []
+    end
+
+    # This needs to also be set by configuration.
+    def enabled?
+      @enabled
+    end
+
+    def disable
+      @enabled = false
+    end
+
+    def <<(appending_data)
+      data << appending_data
+    end
+
+    alias push <<
+
+    def to_h
+      {
+        name: @name,
+        data: @data,
+      }
+    end
+
+    def to_json
+      to_h.to_json
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/global_methods.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/global_methods.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aa5a424e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/global_methods.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry'
+
+module Inspec
+  # A Global method to add a data series object to the Telemetry Collection.
+  # `data_series_name`s are unique, so `:dependency_group` will always return
+  # the same object.
+  # `data_point` is optional, you may also supply a block with several data points.
+  # All data points should allow #to_s
+  # @return [True]
+  def self.record_telemetry_data(data_series_name, data_point = nil)
+    coll = Inspec::Telemetry::Collector.instance
+    return unless coll.telemetry_enabled?
+    ds = coll.find_or_create_data_series(data_series_name)
+    return unless ds.enabled?
+
+    if block_given?
+      ds << yield
+    else
+      ds << data_point
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/telemetry/collector_test.rb b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/collector_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8d09147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/collector_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry'
+require_relative '../../../helper.rb'
+
+class TestTelemetryCollector < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @collector = Inspec::Telemetry::Collector.instance
+    @collector.reset
+  end
+
+  def test_collector_singleton
+    assert_equal Inspec::Telemetry::Collector.instance, @collector
+  end
+
+  def test_add_data_series
+    data_series = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('/resource/File')
+    assert @collector.add_data_series(data_series)
+  end
+
+  def test_list_data_series
+    assert @collector.list_data_series
+  end
+
+  def test_find_or_create_data_series
+    dg = @collector.find_or_create_data_series(:deprecation_group)
+    assert_kind_of Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries, dg
+    assert_equal :deprecation_group, dg.name
+    assert_equal @collector.find_or_create_data_series(:deprecation_group), dg
+  end
+
+  def test_list_data_series_names
+    data_series = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('/resource/File')
+    data_series2 = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('/resource/Dir')
+    @collector.add_data_series(data_series)
+    @collector.add_data_series(data_series2)
+    list = @collector.list_data_series_by_name('/resource/File')
+    assert_kind_of Array, list
+    assert_equal 1, list.count
+  end
+
+  def test_reset_singleton
+    data_series = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('/resource/File')
+    @collector.add_data_series(data_series)
+    @collector.reset
+    assert_equal 0, @collector.list_data_series.count
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/telemetry/data_series_test.rb b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/data_series_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd7b3ba1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/data_series_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry'
+require 'json'
+require_relative '../../../helper.rb'
+
+class TestTelemetryDataSeries < Minitest::Test
+  def test_name
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    refute_nil ds
+    assert_equal 'fizz', ds.name
+  end
+
+  def test_data
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    refute_nil ds.data
+    assert_kind_of Array, ds.data
+    assert_empty ds.data
+  end
+
+  def test_data_append
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    assert_empty ds.data
+    assert ds << 'foo'
+    assert_equal ['foo'], ds.data
+  end
+
+  def test_data_push_alias
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    assert_empty ds.data
+    assert ds.push 'bar'
+    assert_equal ['bar'], ds.data
+  end
+
+  def test_to_h
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    ds << 'foo'
+    assert_kind_of Hash, ds.to_h
+  end
+
+  def test_to_json
+    ds = Inspec::Telemetry::DataSeries.new('fizz')
+    ds << 'foo'
+    assert_kind_of String, ds.to_json
+    assert JSON.parse(ds.to_json)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/utils/telemetry/global_methods_test.rb b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/global_methods_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd8efc6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/utils/telemetry/global_methods_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'inspec/utils/telemetry'
+require_relative '../../../helper.rb'
+
+class TestTelemetryGlobalMethods < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @collector = Inspec::Telemetry::Collector.instance
+    @collector.reset
+  end
+
+  def test_record_telemetry_data
+    assert Inspec.record_telemetry_data(:deprecation_group, 'serverspec_compat')
+
+    depgrp = @collector.find_or_create_data_series(:deprecation_group)
+    assert_equal ['serverspec_compat'], depgrp.data
+    assert_equal :deprecation_group, depgrp.name
+  end
+
+  def test_record_telemetry_data_with_block
+    Inspec.record_telemetry_data(:deprecation_group) do
+      'serverspec_compat'
+    end
+
+    depgrp = @collector.find_or_create_data_series(:deprecation_group)
+    assert_equal ['serverspec_compat'], depgrp.data
+    assert_equal :deprecation_group, depgrp.name
+  end
+end