Advice Request Antivirus companies user data

[Harputlu]

About 2 years ago, there was a report showing how much user data antivirus companies received.can you share the link to the report? I couldn't find on the internet. Which company receives the least user data ?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

About 2 years ago, there was a report showing how much user data antivirus companies received.can you share the link to the report? I couldn't find on the internet. Which company receives the least user data ?

Answered your question on Wilders and here is the post on MT discussing the report from AV Comparatives published in 2014:

Is Your Antivirus Tracking You? You’d Be Surprised At What It Sends

Source: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/antivirus-tracking-youd-surprised-sends/ Your antivirus software is watching you. A recent study shows that popular antivirus applications like Avast assign your computer a unique identifier and send a list of all web addresses you visit to the manufacturer...

malwaretips.com

 

[Marko :)]

AV Comparatives should investigate data collection again and make a new table. Latest one is really outdated, back from 2014.

 

[Harputlu]

AV Comparatives should investigate data collection again and make a new table. Latest one is really outdated, back from 2014.

I am buying escan Total security 3 years amazon.in global key. 8 dolar . I want to keep my personal data. Kaspersky protects better but takes everything.
escan ' s interface has not changed for years. It's a bit of a lazy firm . I hope the user agreement hasn't changed either.

 

[The_King]

I am buying escan Total security amazon.in global key. 8 dolar . I want to keep my personal data. Kaspersky protects better but takes everything.
escan ' s interface has not changed for years. It's a bit of a lazy firm . I hope the user agreement hasn't changed either.

If you are choosing an AV company A over AV Company B because of privacy concerns or their data collection policy,
would you rather have company A who offers better protection from Malware or Ransomware protecting your personal data.

or

Company B who according to you offers less protection so the chances of being infected by malware or spyware that can
potentiality steal all your personal data or even worse?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

If you are choosing an AV company A over AV Company B because of privacy concerns or their data collection policy,
would you rather have company A who offers better protection from Malware or Ransomware protecting your personal data.

or

Company B who according to you offers less protection so the chances of being infected by malware or spyware that can
potentiality steal all your personal data or even worse?

Why does privacy mean less protection?

 

[Harputlu]

If you are choosing an AV company A over AV Company B because of privacy concerns or their data collection policy,
would you rather have company A who offers better protection from Malware or Ransomware protecting your personal data.

or

Company B who according to you offers less protection so the chances of being infected by malware or spyware that can
potentiality steal all your personal data or even worse?

escan is a quality antivirus program. it's not bad.

 

[The_King]

Why does privacy mean less protection?

There is always a balance between the two you can not have 100% of both.

 

[Local Host]

Why does privacy mean less protection?

More like, why does telemetry data mean privacy data.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

More like, why does telemetry data mean privacy data.

How is the collected data is processed? And for how long does the company store the collected data? And why the collected data are linked to the user (a special ID or personal info such as email address)?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

How is the collected data is processed? And for how long does the company store the collected data? And why the collected data are linked to the user (a special ID or personal info such as email address)?

I see all these as attempts to track users and to profile users.

 

[HarborFront]

How is the collected data is processed? And for how long does the company store the collected data? And why the collected data are linked to the user (a special ID or personal info such as email address)?

You can look through the privacy policy of each and every AV and they'll be stated there

 

[Divine_Barakah]

You can look through the privacy policy of each and every AV and they'll be stated there

Privacy policies which I cannot comprehend. Anyway, I believe that AV companies are good at hiding what they collect about their users.