Change to our privacy policy
Posted by Shane Keats at 01:18 PM
In early September 2007, concurrent with SiteAdvisor build 2.5, we changed the privacy policy for SiteAdvisor participants in our optional Product Improvement Program (PIP). As you may know, the PIP allows us to keep anonymous statistics on how our software is performing so we are better able to improve it.
Here's what's changed: Under the new privacy policy, we can now share these anonymous statistics with partners. Examples of these statistics would be the number of active SiteAdvisor users in a day, or the number of times users 'mouse over' SiteAdvisor's safe search ratings.
Here's what hasn't changed: We do not collect any personally identifiable information from SiteAdvisor users, whether the user is in the PIP or not. The PIP remains purely optional and by default, SiteAdvisor users do not participate. Users who opt-in to the PIP can still leave at any time by clicking on the settings menu found on the McAfee SiteAdvisor logo.
