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The code is pretty self-explanatory.
If you’re interested in looking further:
Kobo’s current privacy policy says it collects reading-related usage information, including how often and for how long you consume digital content, as well as the genres, authors, and subjects you read.
Kobo’s Terms of Use contain a particularly relevant event explicitly called “Sideload,” which is described as occurring “when a user sideloads an EPUB.” So Kobo’s software does have telemetry associated with the act of sideloading.