diff --git a/report/questioninstances/classes/privacy/provider.php b/report/questioninstances/classes/privacy/provider.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7056ecb9863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/report/questioninstances/classes/privacy/provider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Privacy Subsystem implementation for report_questioninstances.
+ *
+ * @package    report_questioninstances
+ * @copyright  2018 Zig Tan <zig@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace report_questioninstances\privacy;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Privacy Subsystem for report_questioninstances implementing null_provider.
+ *
+ * @copyright  2018 Zig Tan <zig@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class provider implements \core_privacy\local\metadata\null_provider {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the language string identifier with the component's language
+     * file to explain why this plugin stores no data.
+     *
+     * @return  string
+     */
+    public static function get_reason() : string {
+        return 'privacy:metadata';
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/report/questioninstances/lang/en/report_questioninstances.php b/report/questioninstances/lang/en/report_questioninstances.php
index d66beb92c08..f27581f3f39 100644
--- a/report/questioninstances/lang/en/report_questioninstances.php
+++ b/report/questioninstances/lang/en/report_questioninstances.php
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ $string['reportforqtype'] = 'Report for question type \'{$a}\'';
 $string['reportsettings'] = 'Report settings';
 $string['totalquestions'] = 'Total';
 $string['visiblequestions'] = 'Visible';
+$string['privacy:metadata'] = 'The report_questioninstances plugin does not store any personal data.';