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<blockquote data-quote="Zorro" data-source="post: 969362" data-attributes="member: 80312">I did not find any other materials on this issue. This topic is about antivirus software. What does browsers and operating system have to do with it? We are talking about antiviruses, not other programs.The mere fact that all privacy policies are very complex and vaguely formulated suggests that they want to get more information from the user than is needed for the simple correct operation of the program, but so that legally everything is not illegal, this is how this agreement is made.As noted by AV-Test security expert Anette Hoppe: “We have not previously conducted research on this issue. However, at AV-Test we regularly receive inquiries from users who are concerned about suspicious emails or questionable program functions from companies and government agencies, but recently there has been an increase in requests from ordinary users who are concerned about the privacy of their data. In our research, most antivirus software vendors neglect users&#039; trust and often have unjustified access to user data. Some of the data collected is necessary for antivirus software to perform its direct tasks. In comparison, it is very difficult to justify the need to process the user&#039;s gender and date of birth. It is very important to distinguish between the data that the manufacturer receives according to the privacy policy and the data that is actually collected. Our research sheds light on the rights that software companies are asking for from consumers&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zorro, post: 969362, member: 80312"] I did not find any other materials on this issue. This topic is about antivirus software. What does browsers and operating system have to do with it? We are talking about antiviruses, not other programs. The mere fact that all privacy policies are very complex and vaguely formulated suggests that they want to get more information from the user than is needed for the simple correct operation of the program, but so that legally everything is not illegal, this is how this agreement is made. As noted by AV-Test security expert Anette Hoppe: “We have not previously conducted research on this issue. However, at AV-Test we regularly receive inquiries from users who are concerned about suspicious emails or questionable program functions from companies and government agencies, but recently there has been an increase in requests from ordinary users who are concerned about the privacy of their data. In our research, most antivirus software vendors neglect users' trust and often have unjustified access to user data. Some of the data collected is necessary for antivirus software to perform its direct tasks. In comparison, it is very difficult to justify the need to process the user's gender and date of birth. It is very important to distinguish between the data that the manufacturer receives according to the privacy policy and the data that is actually collected. Our research sheds light on the rights that software companies are asking for from consumers". [/QUOTE]

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