Privacy Statistics

 

 

 

Overview

Privacy Statistics provides information on the sites visited while Privacy Manager is enabled. 

 

  1. What are “Privacy Statistics”?
  2. Threats Detected for Recent Sites

·          Clock

·          Site

·          Threat

·          Ads

·          Cookies

·          Scripts

·          Privacy Level

  1. Threats Detected with Saved Privacy Levels
  2. What do the Smiley Face and Skull and Crossbone mean?

 


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1.  What are Privacy Statistics?

Privacy Statistics provides detail on the sites visited while Privacy Manager is enabled.  The statistics include information on

  • Sites Visited
  • Time of Visit
  • Overall Threat Level
  • Ads (Banners, Pop-ups, Banners and Web Bugs)
  • Scripts (Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript)
  • Cookies (tracking files gathered on you)

 


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2.  Threats Detected for Recent Sites

Privacy Statistics analysis starts in the “Recent Sites” section.

 

The Recent Sites list shows the sites you have visited while surfing the Web.  The list includes both the sites you visited as well as the sites that are automatically linked to you through the sites you visited.   It does not include the sites with saved Privacy Levels.

 

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.

 

 

 

There are several types of information available in the Recent Sites section.

 

 


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The Clock

The time the site was last visited.  Click on the Clock title bar to sort by this column.

 

Site

The sites you visited with Privacy Manager enabled will be listed. Click on the Site title bar to sort by this column.

 

Threat

The Threat column shows the level of threat posed by the site.  You will see Smiles and Skulls & Crossbones.  Click on the Threat title bar to sort by this column.

 


Ads (Pop-ups, Banners, Web bugs)

This column provides the total number of ads served by the site.

 

Cookies (tracking files gathered on you)

This column gives the total number of cookies set by the site.

 

Scripts (Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, VBScript)

This column indicates the total number of scripts attempted by the site.

 

Privacy Level

This column contains a “SET” button for each site.  Clicking on the “SET” button allows you to set up special privacy levels for that site.  Once you set up a privacy level for a site, it moves that site down to your “Saved Privacy Levels” list.

 

Once you have evaluated the privacy statistics, Privacy Statistics allows you to select “Recent Sites” to add to your “Saved Privacy Levels” list to set up privacy levels on a per site basis.

 


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3.  Threats Detected with Saved Privacy Levels

Saved Privacy Levels list shows the threats for those sites that have been assigned a per-site privacy level.

 

Once the Privacy Level has been set up for a site, the site will appear on the Saved Privacy Levels list.