diff --git a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
index 80436f1e9..03ea9f096 100644
--- a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
+++ b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 EXCLUDELIST_PATHS = 'EXCLUDELIST_PATHS'
 EXCLUDELIST_HOSTNAMES = 'EXCLUDELIST_HOSTNAMES'
+INCLUDE_USER_DATA = 'INCLUDE_USER_DATA'
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ def _trace_db_call(execute, sql, params, many, context):
 
 class OpencensusMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Saves the request in thread local"""
+    _is_coroutine=False
 
     def __init__(self, get_response=None):
         self.get_response = get_response
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@ def __init__(self, get_response=None):
 
         self.excludelist_hostnames = settings.get(EXCLUDELIST_HOSTNAMES, None)
 
+        self.include_user_data = settings.get(INCLUDE_USER_DATA, True)
+
         if django.VERSION >= (2,):  # pragma: NO COVER
             connection.execute_wrappers.append(_trace_db_call)
 
@@ -267,7 +271,8 @@ def process_response(self, request, response):
                 attribute_key=HTTP_STATUS_CODE,
                 attribute_value=response.status_code)
 
-            _set_django_attributes(span, request)
+            if self.include_user_data:
+                _set_django_attributes(span, request)
 
             tracer = _get_current_tracer()
             tracer.end_span()
@@ -299,6 +304,7 @@ def process_exception(self, request, exception):
                 attribute_key=STACKTRACE,
                 attribute_value='\n'.join(traceback.format_tb(tb)))
 
-            _set_django_attributes(span, request)
+            if self.include_user_data:
+                _set_django_attributes(span, request)
         except Exception:  # pragma: NO COVER
             log.error('Failed to trace request', exc_info=True)
diff --git a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_middleware.py b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_middleware.py
index 522ea458c..b5127079a 100644
--- a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_middleware.py
+++ b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_middleware.py
@@ -236,6 +236,52 @@ def test_process_response(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(span.attributes, expected_attributes)
 
+    def test_no_user_data(self):
+        from opencensus.ext.django import middleware
+
+        trace_id = '2dd43a1d6b2549c6bc2a1a54c2fc0b05'
+        span_id = '6e0c63257de34c92'
+        django_trace_id = '00-{}-{}-00'.format(trace_id, span_id)
+
+        django_request = RequestFactory().get('/wiki/Rabbit', **{
+            'traceparent': django_trace_id,
+        })
+
+        # Force the test request to be sampled
+        settings = type('Test', (object,), {})
+        settings.OPENCENSUS = {
+            'TRACE': {
+                'SAMPLER': 'opencensus.trace.samplers.AlwaysOnSampler()',  # noqa
+                'INCLUDE_USER_DATA': False
+            },
+        }
+        patch_settings = mock.patch(
+            'django.conf.settings',
+            settings)
+
+        with patch_settings:
+            middleware_obj = middleware.OpencensusMiddleware()
+
+        middleware_obj.process_request(django_request)
+        tracer = middleware._get_current_tracer()
+        span = tracer.current_span()
+
+        exporter_mock = mock.Mock()
+        tracer.exporter = exporter_mock
+
+        django_response = mock.Mock()
+        django_response.status_code = 200
+
+        mock_user = mock.Mock()
+        mock_user.pk = 123
+        mock_user.get_username.return_value = 'test_name'
+        django_request.user = mock_user
+
+        middleware_obj.process_response(django_request, django_response)
+        actual_attributes = span.attributes
+        self.assertNotIn('django.user.id', actual_attributes)
+        self.assertNotIn('django.user.name', actual_attributes)
+
     def test_process_response_unfinished_child_span(self):
         from opencensus.ext.django import middleware
 
@@ -360,6 +406,62 @@ def test_process_exception(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(span.attributes, expected_attributes)
 
+    def test_process_exception_without_user_data(self):
+        from opencensus.ext.django import middleware
+
+        trace_id = '2dd43a1d6b2549c6bc2a1a54c2fc0b05'
+        span_id = '6e0c63257de34c92'
+        django_trace_id = '00-{}-{}-00'.format(trace_id, span_id)
+
+        django_request = RequestFactory().get('/wiki/Rabbit', **{
+            'traceparent': django_trace_id,
+        })
+
+        # Force the test request to be sampled
+        settings = type('Test', (object,), {})
+        settings.OPENCENSUS = {
+            'TRACE': {
+                'SAMPLER': 'opencensus.trace.samplers.AlwaysOnSampler()',  # noqa
+                'INCLUDE_USER_DATA': False
+            }
+        }
+        patch_settings = mock.patch(
+            'django.conf.settings',
+            settings)
+
+        with patch_settings:
+            middleware_obj = middleware.OpencensusMiddleware()
+
+        tb = None
+        try:
+            raise RuntimeError("bork bork bork")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            test_exception = exc
+            if hasattr(exc, "__traceback__"):
+                tb = exc.__traceback__
+            else:
+                _, _, tb = sys.exc_info()
+
+        middleware_obj.process_request(django_request)
+        tracer = middleware._get_current_tracer()
+        span = tracer.current_span()
+
+        exporter_mock = mock.Mock()
+        tracer.exporter = exporter_mock
+
+        django_response = mock.Mock()
+        django_response.status_code = 200
+
+        mock_user = mock.Mock()
+        mock_user.pk = 123
+        mock_user.get_username.return_value = 'test_name'
+        django_request.user = mock_user
+
+        middleware_obj.process_exception(django_request, test_exception)
+
+        self.assertNotIn('django.user.id', span.attributes)
+        self.assertNotIn('django.user.name', span.attributes)
+
 
 class Test__set_django_attributes(unittest.TestCase):
     class Span(object):