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As evidenced by the link, Calibre does indeed "phone home" and upload end user data. The data displayed on the linked webpage only shows Country, Version, and OS but that doesn't mean Calibre does not upload other data too (and it's just not displayed).
I always turn off "phone home" behavior in software if there's a setting to do that because I consider it an invasion of privacy, even if what is displayed publicly (as in the Calibre link) is innocuous - since you never know what ELSE is being uploaded and collected. Even if there is a "do not upload" setting, that does not mean that the software will heed your request. Calibre does not appear to have such a setting to disable end user tracking, not that I could find. I guess this loss of privacy is the price you have to pay for using software. Both free and paid software can stomp on privacy. Another thought - anything from Google or Amazon is probably violating you in more ways that you care to know!
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