Privacy Guardian™
Online Privacy Protection
Works with Windows® 10, 8.1, 8, 7
Digital Fingerprinting Protection helps protect browsers from newer, more invasive forms of online tracking, profiling and data mining
Much of what you do on your computer isn’t private.
Privacy Guardian helps prevent online data mining
Congress has overturned F.C.C. rules requiring broadband providers to get your permission before selling your private data to advertisers, making it even more important to erase traces of your online actions.
Privacy Guardian lets you customize which types of browser and cookie data are cleared whenever it performs a manual or scheduled data clearance, including:
- Flash cookies
- Website history
- HTTP cookies
- Autocomplete data
- Address bar history
- Browser cache
- Temporary internet files
- Microsoft Silverlight cookie
Privacy Guardian helps prevent operating system data collection
Default Windows® 10 settings enable Microsoft to collect detailed personal information about your computer use. Many of these settings are buried within the OS and not easy to turn off.
Privacy Guardian lets you disable these Windows settings in one convenient wizard:
- Microsoft Diagnostics, Data Collection and Telemetry Services
- Location Services
- SmartScreen Service
- Windows Feedback Service
Block access to your sensitive data, device info and habits.
Privacy Guardian features:
- Automated Cookie Clearance lets you easily and regularly delete tracking cookies and browsing data from all your browsers at times you specify
- Advanced Whitelisting prevents data clearance on specific websites you choose
- Phishing Detector helps protect you from suspicious incoming emails
- Privacy Shield disables Windows 10 telemetry and other invasive data-collection services, including:
Microsoft Diagnostics, Data Collection and Telemetry Services
- These services automatically record many user habits and actions, including memory snapshots, program usage, system configuration, network connection and more.
Location Services
- Data retrieved from installed GPS modules and other location devices delivers highly precise information about current and past user locations. This data can be sold to third-party companies for profiling and targeted advertising purposes.
SmartScreen Service
- This service collects data on browsing history and sends this information to Microsoft.
Windows Feedback Service
- This setting lets Microsoft see a range of data about your machine, including which browser you’re using, which features you rely on, and which apps you have installed. This info is sometimes used by malicious software.
Cortana virtual assistant
- This commonly used feature sends to Microsoft enormous amounts of data related to precisely how you use your computer.
Camera and microphone access
- When access to these tools is enabled by default, you are allowing all of the apps on your computer access to them. Many types of malicious attack access camera and microphone through vulnerable apps, to spy on you or steal your personal information.
Activity history collection
- This feature, particularly when the Send my activity history to Microsoft box is also checked, risks exposing unknown quantities of information on how you use the apps and services on your computer.
- Private Search feature provides further anonymity when performing searches
- History panel shows attempts to capture your digital fingerprint that were thwarted, as well as a list of tracking cookies removed from your PC
- In-product Tutorial walks through each feature to help you maximize online privacy
- Engineered with increased focus on web browsing performance
Offer Details: Certain product features require ongoing updates from iolo. One year is included in the initial purchase. After this initial period expires, you must renew to continue to receive access to such features. You may enable automatic renewal during checkout and update your automatic renewal preferences by logging into your iolo Account. See Sales Policy for more details.
