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Article #369Re: Will Zone Labs PLEASE make a PUBLIC Statement
From: Alan Browne
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:00
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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