The IT Nerd

I’m used to skimming through the privacy policies of software or online service companies and getting confused about what’s in them. The good news is that anti-virus vendor AVG has come up with a privacy policy that is in plain English. The bad news is that you won’t like what they say:

We collect non-personal data to make money from our free offerings so we can keep them free, including:

• Advertising ID associated with your device;
• Browsing and search history, including meta data;
• Internet service provider or mobile network you use to connect to our products; and
• Information regarding other applications you may have on your device and how they are used.

At least they’re honest about it. But I am not sure how users would react to this. I am guessing that some may stop using their products. Free or otherwise.

Here’s my ask: Read through their privacy policy that is to go into effect on October 15th and leave a comment in terms of what you think of it. I’d be really interested to get your thoughts.

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