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Re: Will Zone Labs PLEASE make a PUBLIC Statement

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From: Alan Browne
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:00
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See: http://www.zonelabs.com/zonealarm/za_faq_details.htm#5

That is enough to satisfy me that they are not secretly gathering information.

Cheers,
Alan

Jack Alexander wrote:

> Read it again! It says that Zone Alarm doesn't......,and any information
> it does collect is not shared with others, but it does not say that that
> the program does not have added 'features' that may be providing data
> directly to third parties without your knowledge. Call me paranoid if
> you will, but I to would like Zone Alarm to issue a statement regarding
> exactly what their program does and does not do and explicitly stating
> that their software does not contain any extras for providing
> information to other organizations.
>
> There is a cost associated with developing programs and I'm wondering
> how Zone Alarm can afford to give away this popular program and still
> continue to improve and upgrade it. If they can convince me that their
> program is 'clean' then I to would be willing to pay for its use.
>
> Jack
>
> Kai Nikulainen wrote:
> >
> > "Alan Browne" <alan.browne@videotron.ca> kirjoitti viestissรค
> > news:38CBD819.34959570@videotron.ca...
> > > Would Zone Labs please publicly certify in a letter on the Zone Labs
> > > website, and
> > > also in the various apropriate newsgroups that Zone Alarm does not
> > > report anything
> > > back to Zone Labs or any other company, agency, person, etc. on the
> > > contents of the
> > > users system that could in anyway be construed as private information,
> > > INCLUDING
> > > information related to the users "internet habits", contents of files
> > > unrelated to
> > > Zone Alarm, etc
> >
> > Isn't this quote from the FAQ on the Zone Labs site enough?
> >
> > "1. What information does Zone Labs collect from users?
> > We never collect any data without the consent of the user. In the case of
> > ZoneAlarm, the only information we receive from your computer is:
> > - the registration information that you volunteered during installation,
> > - the current version information, when checking for a more recent update,
> > and
> > - alert information from the firewall, when you click the More Info button
> > in the ZoneAlarm Alert pop up window.
> > None of this information is shared with any third party. "
> >
> > If you choose not to believe them, further announcements are unlikely to
> > convince you.
> >
> > Kaitsu
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