Global Privacy Level

 

Overview

Privacy Manager offers a wide range of Global Privacy Levels, allowing you to easily select a Privacy Level for all sites you visit. By default, the Global Privacy Level you select will apply to all sites you visit except sites that are assigned a Per Site Privacy Level. You already have per-site Saved Privacy Levels if you downloaded Anonymizer's recommended list of sites or have manually added your own.

  1. What does the rainbow-colored slider do?
  2. What does the Show/Hide Details button do?
  3. What do the different Privacy Levels mean?

· Custom

· Block

· Maximum

· High

· Medium

· Low

· Trust

  1. What do all the different settings mean in “Show Details” mode?

 

1. What does the rainbow-colored slider do?

The slider allows you to change the level of privacy set for all sites you visit except the sites that are assigned a Per Site Privacy Level. 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.

Each level utilizes a different range of options that are “blocked”:


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2. What does the Show/Hide Details button do?

If you want to see more information about a Global Privacy Level, click on the “Show Details” button. The Show Details button shows the selected settings for each particular Privacy Level.

If you want to see only the summary information for a Global Privacy Level, click on the “Hide Details” button. The Hide Details button gives you a summary of the default settings that are selected in the Show Details mode.


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3. What do the different Privacy Levels mean?

It is important to note that changing the Global Privacy Level applies to ALL sites EXCEPT those that you have assigned a Per Site Privacy Level for.

Please note the following two examples of changing your Global Privacy Level:

  1. If you select the “Trust” Privacy Level, then you are assuming that all sites you visit that you have not selected a different Per Site Privacy Level for, are considered “safe.”
  2. If you select “Block” then ALL sites you visit will be blocked (no access) EXCEPT for those that you have selected a different Per Site Privacy Level for.

 

Privacy Levels

Custom

Privacy Manager enables you to define your own privacy settings.


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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 the sites you selected a different Per Site Privacy Level.


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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 of the other 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 as your Global Privacy Level indicates that you assume all sites that you visit are “safe”, except for those sites that you have selected a different Per Site Privacy Level for.

  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.

 

4. What do all the different settings mean in “Show Details” mode?

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 unwanted 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


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