AVG Ultimate User Manual

Shortcut buttons for quick access to these applications: Calculator, Notepad, Windows Explorer.

3.6. AVG Do Not Track

AVG Do Not Track helps you identify websites that are collecting data about your online activities. The AVG

Do Not Track that is a part a

AVG Security Toolbar

shows the websites or advertisers collecting data about your activity and gives you the choice to allow or disallow it.

AVG Do Not Track provides you with additional information about privacy policy of each respective service as well as a direct link to Opt-out from the service, if that is available.

In addition, AVG Do Not Track supports the W3C DNT protocol to automatically notify sites that you don’t want to be tracked. This notification is enabled by default, but can be changed at any time.

AVG Do Not Track is provided under these terms and conditions .

AVG Do Not Track is enabled by default, but can be easily disabled at any time. Instructions can be found in the FAQ article Disabling the AVG Do Not Track feature .

For more information on AVG Do Not Track, please visit our website .

Currently, the AVG Do Not Track functionality is supported in Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer browsers.

3.6.1. AVG Do Not Track interface

While online, AVG Do Not Track warns you as soon as any kind of data collection activity is detected. In such a case, the AVG Do Not Track icon located at the

AVG Security Toolbar changes its look; a small

number appears by the icon providing information on a number of detected data collection services: the icon to see the following dialog:

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All detected data collection services are listed in the Trackers on this page overview. There are three types of data collection activities recognized by AVG Do Not Track:

Web Analytics (allowed by default): Services used to improve the performance and experience of the respective website. In this category you can find services as Google Analytics, Omniture, or Yahoo

Analytics. We recommend not to block web analytics services, as the website might not work as intended.

Ad Networks (some block ed by default): Services that collect or share data about your online activity on multiple sites, either directly or indirectly, to offer you personalized Ads unlike of content-based

Ads. This is determined based on the privacy policy of each Ad network as available on their website.

Some ad networks are blocked by default.

Social Buttons (allowed by default): Elements designed for improving the social-networking experience. Social buttons are served from the social networks to the site you are visiting. They can collect data about your online activity while you are logged-in. Examples of Social buttons include:

Facebook Social Plugins, Twitter Button, Google +1.

Note: Depending on what services are running in the back ground of the website, some of the three above

described sections might not appear in the AVG Do Not Track dialog.

Dialog controls

What is tracking? - Click this link in the upper section of the dialog to get redirected to the dedicated webpage providing detailed explanation on the tracking principles, and description of specific tracking types.

Block All - Click the button located in the bottom section of the dialog to to say you do not wish any

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data collection activity at all (for details see chapter

Block ing track ing processes

).

Do Not Track settings - Click this button in the bottom section of the dialog to get redirected to the dedicated webpage where you can set the specific configuration of various AVG Do Not Track parameters (see the

AVG Do Not Track settings

chapter for detailed information)

3.6.2. Information on tracking processes

The list of detected data collection services provides just the name of the specific service. To make a conversant decision about whether the respective service should be blocked or allowed, you may need to know more. Move your mouse over the respective list item. An information bubble appears providing detailed data on the service. You will learn whether the service collects personal data, or other data available; whether the data are being shared with other third party subjects, and whether the collected data are being filed for possible further use:

In the lower section of the information bubble you can see the Privacy Policy hyperlink that redirects you to the website dedicated to privacy policy of the respective detected service.

3.6.3. Blocking tracking processes

With the lists of all Ad Networks / Social Buttons / Web Analytics you have now the option to control which services should be blocked. You can go two ways:

Block All - Click this button located in the bottom section of the dialog to to say you do not wish any data collection activity at all. (However, please k eep in mind that this action may break functionality in

the respective webpage where the service is running!)

- If you do not want to block all the detected services at once, you can specify whether the

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