![]() I believe that this post is on topic with regards to the CCleaner 5.45 issues which have upset many users. ![]() Second, go to section V under section 10 and note that Panda explicitly discloses to what third parties (just four third parties) they disclose any personal information to, and that Panda explicitly discloses as Warranties, the security requirements which said four parties must adhere to, in terms of protecting your personal data. See:įirst, notice that Panda’s document is a properly written legal notice which explicitly defines a legal agreement between Panda and the User. In comparison, let’s take a look at Panda Security’s Privacy Policy, which applies not only to the company itself, but also to all of their products. In other words, the unique GUID personally identifies your computer, if not you as well. Furthermore, Avast (the company) admits that they partner and share data with unknown third parties by using the randomly generated GUID for each Avast product software installation. Even though Avast purchased Piriform, Avast appears to be treating Piriform as a third party. Note that this document is titled “Avast (CCleaner) Privacy Policy”:ĭo you all see the obvious legal issue after comparing the above two privacy policies? Avast (the company) defines a privacy policy for the Company itself, yet separately defines a very different privacy policy for a specific Avast product (CCleaner). ![]() Note that this document is titled “Avast Privacy Policy”:Ĭ Privacy Policy. Compare the Avast (the company) web site’s Privacy Policy to the Avast (CCleaner) web site’s Privacy Policy.Ī Privacy Policy. Judging from the forum responses, it appears that consumer trust in Avast is going down the drain. Note that Internet Archive Wayback Machine searches reveal that the Privacy Policy was changed sometime between and to the current Privacy Policy. Then go back to the Privacy Policy web page and in particular, read sections 5 through 11. Yet section B about Choice suggests that it applies to all of their products and not just, for example, to only purchased products. Note that the free version of CCleaner 5.45 removed any Choice from within the product. In particular section B about Choice which gives an example with regards to a purchased product. Click on the “What Happens to Your Personal Data” link and read that. On the above Privacy Policy web page, there are two sections which are worth reading. The above statement about the data being completely anonymous directly contradicts what is stated in current Privacy Policy on the CCleaner web site. To quote, “In CCleaner v5.45 we extended existing analytics functionality in the software in order to gain greater insight into how our users interact with the software. Paul Piriform (real name unknown) states that no personal data is collected. The first post on the first page of that Piriform forum thread is worth reading. Of course, if I did intend to use Windows 10 for anything serious, I would back it up first. Makes me wonder if they (Piriform/Avast) know something I don’t, like perhaps those are the ones that will break the system if you remove them without Microsoft’s permission. It’s kind of interesting that CCleaner let me remove most things, including Xbox and MS Store, but not those five. That said, though, it seems to be working well so far with all of the “apps” removed via CCleaner except the five I mentioned. It’s all it’s good for, IMO, as long as it’s part of “WaaS.” Any Windows 10 I have installed (in a VM or otherwise) is for the purpose of testing or just to satisfy my own curiosity. I understand what you’re saying, and thanks for pointing that out on behalf of people who might not have understood where I am coming from: I wouldn’t use Windows 10 for anything serious, as it is not what I consider a serious operating system (aside, perhaps, from LTSB). My tweaking and testing has shown that newer and newer versions of Windows tend to become unserviceable if the things “they” don’t want removed are removed anyway.
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