Per Site Privacy Level

 


Overview

To set up Privacy Levels on a per site basis, select Per Site Privacy Levels from the Privacy Manager Options Window.  The Per Site Privacy Levels identify the sites recently loaded into your browser and allows you to manage Recent Sites and Saved Privacy Levels.

 

  1. What does Per Site Privacy Levels do?
  2. What are “Recent Sites”?
  3. What are “Saved Privacy Levels”?
  4. What does “Add Manually” do?
  5. Downloading Anonymizer Recommended Sites
  6. How do I change the Per Site Privacy Level for sites in Saved Privacy Levels (edit button)?
  7. What do the settings in the Privacy Levels mean?
  8. What do the different Privacy Levels mean?

·         Custom

·         Block

·         Maximum

·         High

·         Medium

·         Low

·         Trust

 

1.  What does Per Site Privacy Levels do?

Per Site Privacy Levels allows users to have different Privacy Settings for a given site than the Global Privacy Level setting.  If you have a “Saved Privacy Level” for a site, whenever you connect to that site your Saved Privacy Level for that particular site will automatically apply.


2.  Recent Sites

The “Recent Sites” list shows the sites that you have recently visited but does not include the sites that you have established a per-site Privacy Level for.  The list includes not only the site you typed into your browser and links you followed, but also the sites automatically accessed by the site you visited.

 

For example, if the site you are visiting calls other sites to serve advertisements or to track visits to their site, those sites will appear in the Recent Sites list.

  

 

You can use the Recent Sites lists to add sites to your “Saved Privacy Levels” list.

 

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3.  Saved Privacy Levels

The “Saved Privacy Levels” function allows you to adjust privacy settings on a site-by-site basis.  There are three ways to add sites to the Saved Privacy Levels list.

 

Add Sites from Recent Sites

 

                                   

 

1.       Select a site by clicking on a site in the Recent Sites list.  The site will be highlighted.

2.       Click on the Add button to add the site to Saved Privacy Levels.

 

http://www.hotmail.com
 

 

 

4.  Manually Add Sites to your Saved Privacy Level

1.       Type in the URL of the site you want to add.

2.       Click on the Add button to add the site to Saved Privacy Levels.

 

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5.  Downloading Anonymizer Recommended Sites

Anonymizer provides recommended Privacy Levels for some sites that are available for download.

 

 

1.       Click on the Download button to check for Anonymizer’s recommendations.

 

If you already have the most recent download by clicking on the Anonymizer Recommended Sites, you will be notified you are up to date.

 

 

 

If there are new sites downloaded, they will be added to the Saved Privacy Levels list.  When they are added, they will include Anonymizer’s recommended Privacy Levels.

 

Your Preferences will always override Anonymizer’s recommendations.

 

Any of the above methods can be used to add sites to the Saved Privacy Levels list.  Once a site is added to the Saved Privacy Levels list, you have the option to modify the Privacy Levels.

 
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6.  Changing Privacy Levels of Sites already in Saved Privacy Levels (edit button)

When sites are added to the Saved Privacy Levels list, they will initially appear with your current Global Privacy Level.  You can customize the Privacy Levels for any site on your Saved Privacy Levels list.

 

 

1.       Click on the Edit button on the site you want to customize.  A new screen will appear with details on the current Privacy Level for that site.

 

 

2.       Using the mouse, click the desired Privacy Level for the selected site. 

3.       To see the details of the selected privacy level, click the “Show Details” button to see the options that are included with the Privacy Level you have selected.

 

 

The Saved Privacy Levels list now shows your new Privacy Level next to the changed site.

 

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7.  Privacy Level Settings

Each Privacy Level has settings for the following:

  • Block Ads: Prevents unwanted ads from being served.
  • Block Web Bugs: Prevents advertisers from adding hidden files to your computer.
  • Filter Cookies: Prevent unwanted cookies from being set.  You may want to allow some cookies from trusted sites.
  • Block All Cookies: Prevents all cookies from being set.
  • Block Third Party Cookies: Prevents cookies from being set by sites other than the site you are visiting.
  • Filter JavaScript: Prevents dangerous JavaScript from executing on your computer.
  • Block JavaScript: Prevents all JavaScript from executing on your computer.
  • Block VBScript: Prevents all VBScript from executing on your computer.
  • Block Pop-ups: Prevents sites from serving you pop-up ads while you surf.
  • Block Active X: Prevents ActiveX programs from executing on your computer.
  • Block Java: Prevents Java applets from executing on your computer.
  • Hide IP Address: Prevents the IP Address of your computer from being sent to the sites you surf.
  • Browse in SSL Mode: Allows you to always browse in an encrypted mode.
  • Hide Referrer: You will not send referral information to the site you are surfing, so they will not know what site that referred you.
  • Hide Page Title: The title of the web page will not show in the upper left corner of the browser window.
  • Mask OS and Browser: Some sites collect information on users’ computer operating system (OS) and browser type.  Privacy Manager will prevent this information from being sent.
  • Block Blinking Text
  • Block Background Music

 

Changing Per Site Privacy Levels is done so on a site-by-site basis.  If you change the level for a particular site, it does not apply to any other sites.  If you change the Privacy Level for a site that was downloaded from Anonymizer’s Recent Sites List, your Privacy Level with always override the recommended level from the Anonymizer List.

 

Privacy Manager enables you to set up different levels of privacy.  The Privacy Levels are

 

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8.  Privacy Levels

For your convenience, Anonymizer has 6 pre-configured Privacy Levels.  To change the Privacy Level, move the slider on the bar to your desired Privacy Level.  If you do not want to use a pre-configured Privacy Level, you can create your own settings with the Custom option.

 

Custom

Privacy Manager enables you to define your own privacy settings.

  1. Enable a setting by clicking in the empty box next to the setting.  A check mark will appear.
  2. Disable a setting by clicking on a check mark to remove it.

 

 

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Block

By blocking a site, you disallow any access to that site.  If Block is your Global Privacy Level, you will not be able to access any sites except those specifically allowed in your My Sites list.  See Global Privacy Level and Per Site Privacy Levels for additional information.

 

 

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Maximum

Maximum Privacy offers protection from a comprehensive list of threats.  Like the “High” setting, you may see problems on sites with complex functionality.  If you have problems with a site you know and trust, you may want to set up a lower privacy level for that site.  See the Per Site Privacy Levels section to get directions for setting up privacy on a per site basis.

 

           

 

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High

This privacy level expands the protections covered in the Medium Level.  While this setting does protect against all but the most aggressive hacks, some sites with complex functionality may have problems.  If you have problems with a site you know and trust, you may want to set up a lower privacy level for that site.  See the Per Site Privacy Levels section to get directions for setting up privacy on a per site basis.

 

           

 

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Medium

Medium is the default Global Privacy Level when Privacy Manager is installed.  In addition to protecting against common forms of advertisement and tracking, the Medium level offers protection by hiding information about your IP, referrer, and page title.

 

           

 

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Low

This setting offers some minimal protection from privacy threats.  It will stop pop-ups and some other of the most common means of Internet advertising and third party data collection.

 

           

 

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Trust

This setting offers the least privacy protection and is similar to surfing the web without Privacy Manager.  Applying this setting to a site implies you trust its content.