In our ongoing quest for transparency, Gen publishes these product and service-specific privacy notices to provide detailed information about how and why our products and services collect, process, and share your personal data. For more information about our data processing practices and any rights you may have, please see our Global Privacy Statement.
Norton Security Products (including Norton 360, Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton One, Norton Small Business, Norton Security Protection, and Norton Security On-The-Go) provide endpoint security which defends against ransomware, viruses, spyware, malware, and other online threats. Norton Security Products are also offered as a bundled product with other Norton products. Norton Power Eraser is a free virus removal tool.
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Data You Provide: | Security Data may include:
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Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by evaluating for potential security risks and/or blocking emails, enforcing the rules and policies defined by the User for their controlled profiles, and helping the User detect misuse of Personal Data associated with such profiles. Additionally, emails and malwares files provided by Users help in improving the product’s detection rate by reducing false positives. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
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Location Data
: This data is processed for the purposes of determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you and determining country of origin for threats detected. Device Data: This data is used and generated internally at Gen for the purpose of tracking account activity between internal company systems, applications, and architecture. It is also processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) as well as tracking and determining trends in threats detected. Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by informing you about site safety and blocking browsing to unsafe websites, improving the detection of malware and cyber-threats (e.g., through file sample analysis), and pursuing general cybersecurity research. Service Data: This data is processed for the purposes of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Security Data may include:
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Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by informing you about site safety and blocking browsing to unsafe websites.Service Data: This data is processed for the purposes of understanding product usage and improving the product. |
Norton 360 mobile apps (“Norton 360 App”) are designed to provide protected Users’ and their selected smartphone and tablet devices with protection against digital threats and allow Users to keep digital information private and secure over the network and monitor their identity.
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Data You Provide: | If purchasing the Norton 360 App through the eStore, please see the Norton Enrollment Process for additional information. If purchasing through the Apple AppStore or Google PlayStore, please see the below information. Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed to administer the account including establishing and authenticating your account as well as communicating with you. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you.Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by alerting you to potentially malicious applications, malware, and links (including links in emails or data downloaded to SD cards) as well as improving the app security feature (malicious malware and applications blocking feature and SD card are only available on the Android OS). Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton AntiTrack is an app and browser extension that keeps your online activities and digital footprint private. Its key features help to obscure your identity from tracking and fingerprinting attempts made by browsers and individual websites.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: Norton AntiTrack does not require you to provide any data outside of the enrollment and billing processes, so no additional personal data is processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is used to deliver the services and features that you have selected. This data is processed for the purposes of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry.Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purposes of understanding product usage and improving the product. |
Norton Password Manager has five variants: (1) a component of the Norton Security product and plugin for Internet Explorer browser; (2) browser extensions for all major browsers except Internet Explorer; (3) mobile apps for Android and iOS; (4) a web application requiring no additional installation of software or browser extensions; and (5) Norton Safe Web Plus is a Mac app that supplies the functionality of Norton Password Manager and Safe Web. All variants are a password manager which manages usernames, passwords, and other information useful for performing online activities.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is provided by you if you choose to and is collected for the purposes of delivering the product functionality including conveniently filling web forms with this data and examining the data for security risks. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purposes of determining appropriate language settings for communicating with the User and for reporting about product usage based on general location. Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and by providing login services and analyzing product usage. Service Data: This data is for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Security Data may include:
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Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by identifying and informing you of potentially compromised passwords stored within your device(s). |
Norton Secure VPN protects the User’s devices and safeguards the User’s data by encrypting the User’s information on any internet connection and preserving the User’s privacy.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: Norton Secure VPN does not require Users to provide any data outside of the enrollment and billing processes, so no additional personal data is processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product and content in accordance to your device(s). Security Data: This data is used is for the purposes of billing the account of the product used as well as network operations and support. Service Data: This data is uses for the purpose of (a) delivering the product by selecting the most appropriate server to connect to; (b) for research and development to improve products and services and to better protect your network, devices, data, and identity,and (c) to prevent abuse of services to protect our network and ensure compliance with the terms of use. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is used for the purpose of understanding the product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Utilities helps analyze, configure, optimize, and maintain a computer of the User to keep it running like new.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: Norton Utilities does not require Users to provide any information outside of enrollment and billing processes. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Loaction Data may include:
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purposes of determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you. Device Data: This data is used for the purpose of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s). Service Data: This data is used for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is used for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Family helps protect Users and their devices with parental controls applied through User-defined and User-managed protection settings and features.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is provided by you and is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by helping you to supervise the online activities on your protected device(s) and helping to enforce your defined rules for the online activities on your protected device(s). |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
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Loaction Data: This data is processed to determine appropriate language settings for communicating with you and delivering the product by helping you to supervise the location of your protected device. Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s), helping you to supervise the online activities on your protected device(s), and helping to enforce your defined rules for the online activities on your protected device(s). Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) as well as improving the product’s installation success rate by providing input for research and development to improve products and services to better protect your network, devices, data, and identity. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Ultimate Help Desk allows the User to contact an expert to assist with technical issues ranging from network setup to device diagnostics and troubleshooting. All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data, if chosen may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product by communicating with you and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Norton Ultimate Help Desk does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. | Norton Ultimate Help Desk does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. |
Norton Computer Tune-Up is a feature within Norton Ultimate Help Desk, that helps to keep the User’s device running like new, using diagnostics. All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data if chosen may include:
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Account Data if chosen may include: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product by communicating with you and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
Service Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Norton Computer Tune-Up does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. | Norton Computer Tune-Up does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. |
Norton Mobile Security provides protection for smartphones and tablets against digital threats.
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If purchasing the Norton Mobile Security through the eStore, please see the Norton Enrollment Process for additional information. If purchasing through the Apple AppStore or Google PlayStore, please see the below information. Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed to administer the account including establishing and authenticating your account as well as communicating with you. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
Service Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you. Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by alerting you to potentially malicious applications, malware, and links (including links in emails or data downloaded to SD cards) as well as improving the app security feature (malicious malware and applications blocking feature and SD card are only available on the Android OS). Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
NortonLive Spyware and Virus Removal is a one-time product that remediates one (1) virus per device to help get the device running again. NortonLive Spyware and Virus Removal is offered as a feature as part of the Norton Security products but may also be purchased as a separate one-time service. All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data if chosen may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product by communicating with you and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
Service Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s) and identifying the root causes of the issues posed. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | NortonLive Spyware and Virus Removal does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. | NortonLive Spyware and Virus Removal does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. |
Norton Safe Web is a website that displays risk information for various websites. It also manages a community of online Users, offering the ability for Users to submit their own website ratings and provide comments on website ratings. The community features also display statistics for the community and a site rating (e.g., the most ratings by Users, the most-rated websites). The Norton Safe Web website also manages services for website owners to register their ownership and perform rating review requests. Users may use the website without supplying any data if they wish to browse and view website rating information. To participate in the User community or with the site owner features, Users must have a Norton Account (see Norton Enrollment process).
Norton Safe Web/Safe Web Plus is also a browser extension and Mac app that monitors browsing activity and web page content for unsafe risks. It uses reputation services and web page content analysis to help protect the User from malicious website content, phishing, and other threats. This extension includes features that permit browsing of potentially risky websites in a special isolation mode to help provide additional protection. This extension also helps protect Users from unsafe website access when using your webmail and social media websites.
All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Norton Safe Web does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. Norton Safe Web can be used as a free extension tool. If used as such, no User Data is required to be provided. |
Norton Safe Web does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. Norton Safe Web can be used as a free extension tool. If used as such, no User Data is used or processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: |
Loaction Data may include:
Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
Sevice Data if enabled by User may include:
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Loaction Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s), determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you, and reporting about product usage based on general location. Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of product functionality in delivering the product in accordance with your device(s). Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product functionality by informing you about site safety information and/or blocking unsafe websites. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as measure usage trends. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Safe Search (website) is a search website that helps protect the User from unsafe websites by filtering search results and providing website safety ratings to the User to provide a safer web browsing experience. Norton Safe Search (browser extension) has two variants. The first variant overrides the browser’s default search engine to the Norton Safe Search website. The second variant performs the same search engine override but also combines the features of the Norton Safe Web and Norton Home Page browser extensions into a single browser extension. All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Norton Safe Search does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. Norton Safe Search can be used as a free extension tool or website. If used as such, no User Data is collected. |
Norton Safe Search does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. Norton Safe Search can be used as a free extension tool or website. If used as such, no User Data is used or processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
Service Data may include (if User permission is given to enable product telemetry):
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s), determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you, and reporting about product usage based on general location. Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s). Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by informing you about site safety and/or blocking unsafe websites, and tailoring ads to your interests. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Home Page provides a search box to initiate searches using the Safe Search engine (which provides safety information for search results), controls to access popular websites quickly, and links to topical informational articles covering security news and updates. All personal data processed for this product is deidentified.
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Data You Provide: | Norton Home Page does not require Users to provide any User Data. |
Norton Home Page does not require Users to provide any User Data, as such no User Data is processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
Service Data may include (if User has provided permission to access):
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s), determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you, and reporting about product usage based on general location. Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s). Security Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product by informing you about site safety information and/or blocking unsafe websites, and tailoring ads to your interests. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Service Data may include:
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Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Norton Password Generator is a free service offered in select countries or as a feature to Norton Password Manager that generates a random strong password for any individual to use for their applications, devices, or any other accounts.
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Data You Provide: | Norton Password Generator does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. |
Norton Password Generator does not require Users to provide any data outside of enrollment and billing processes. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s), determining appropriate language settings for communicating with you, and reporting about product usage based on general location. Device Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product in accordance with your device(s). |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Norton Password Generator does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. | Norton Password Generator does not collect/access personal data from third parties as part of its services. |
The Privacy Monitor product searches a pre-defined list of data broker websites for member personal information, and then presents the member with the results. Members can then manually opt out of identified data broker websites individually. The Privacy Monitor Assistant provides an agent-assisted process to opt out members from these websites. Privacy Monitor is currently embedded in some LifeLock and Norton products. Privacy Monitor Assistant is offered as an add-on or stand-alone product.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed for the purpose of establishing and authenticating your account, as well as communicating with us. Your data is also used to deliver the services and features that you have selected. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Device Data may include:
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Device Data: This data is used for the purpose of delivering services. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is collected for the purpose of determining what User Data is contained on certain third-party websites. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage and improving the product. |
The LifeLock Products provide identity monitoring, theft protection, and identity restoration services to customers. The LifeLock Product is also offered as a bundled solution with the Norton Security Products. Identity Advisor is a related LifeLock product offered outside of the United States which offers a subset of the identity protection services that LifeLock offers and can be offered as a bundled solution with the Norton Security Products or as a separate product. Dark Web monitoring is included as a feature of LifeLock and/or Identity Advisor and is also offered as a separate product in countries outside of the United States. Home Title Monitoring is included as a feature of LifeLock and is also offered as a separate product called Home Title Protect with more functionality. Social Media Monitoring is included as a feature of LifeLock and/or Identity Advisor.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
Identify Data may include
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Account Data: This data is processed for the purpose of establishing and authenticating your account, as well as communicating with us. Your data is also used to deliver the services and features that you have selected. Identity Data. Your data is also used to deliver the services and features that you have selected. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
Security Data may include:
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Location Data: This data is processed for the purpose of establishing and authenticating your account, as well as communicating with you. This data is also used to deliver the services and features that you have selected. Device Data: This data is used for the purpose of delivering services. Security Data: This data is used to monitor your identity by providing the alerts you have set up on your account which can help protect you when potentially fraudulent activity is detected. Service Data: This data is processed for the purpose of understanding product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Identify Data may include:
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Identify Data: This data is processed by our third-party service providers to help us verify and authenticate you before we enroll you. Some third-party service providers may assist you in creating a new account with us or helping you to log into your account with us.Security Data: This data is processed by our third-party service providers to monitor your identity and provide monitoring and protective alerts based on the features you select within our products.Service Data: This data is used for the purpose of helping us to further understand the usage and develop and improve the performance of our products. |
Dark Web Monitoring powered by LifeLock provides searching services to Users to identify and detect personal information on the dark web and provide an alert back to the Users. Dark Web Monitoring is also offered as a feature of the LifeLock Products.
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Data You Provide: | Account Data may include:
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Account Data: This data is processed for the purpose of establishing and authenticating your account, as well as communicating with you. Your data is also used to deliver the services and features that you have selected, including the search criteria for the product within the dark web. Identity Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the services and features that you have selected, including the search criteria for the product within the dark web. |
Data We Collect/Access: | Location Data may include:
Device Data may include:
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Location Data: This data is processed to determine the appropriate language setting to communicate with you. Device Data: This data is used for the purpose of delivering services. Service Data: This data is used for the purpose of helping us to further understand the usage and develop and improve the performance of our products. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Security Data may include:
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Security Data: This data is used to provide alerts to you about personal information that is found on the dark web. |
SurfEasy VPN protects the User’s devices and safeguards the User’s data by encrypting the User’s information on any internet connection and preserving the User’s privacy.
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Data You Provide: | User Data may include:
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User Data: SurfEasy VPN does not require Users to provide any data outside of the enrollment and billing processes, so no additional personal data is processed. |
Data We Collect/Access: | User Data may include:
Administrative Data may include:
Security Data may include:
Diagnostic Data may include:
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User Data: This data is processed for the purposes of delivering the content in accordance with your device(s) and determining the appropriate language settings for communicating with you. Administrative Data: This data is processed for the purpose of delivering the product to your device(s). Security Data: This data is used for the purposes of billing the account of the product used as well as network operations and support. Diagnostics Data: This data is used for the purpose of delivering the product by selecting the most appropriate server to connect to and for research and development to improve products and services and to better protect your network, devices, data, and identity. |
Data We Collect/Access from Third Parties: | Diagnostic Data may include:
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Diagnostic Data: This data is used for the purpose of understanding the product usage to further develop and improve the product performance as well as telemetry. |