GT_Rince
29-01-04, 16:32
Found this on a work machine after web pages kept opening for no reason.... Spybot Search & Destroy found it :) Privacy Policy is a real laugh... o_O
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Company: SearchIt.Com
Product: SearchIt
Threat: BHO/Spyware
Company URL: http://www.searchit.com/
Company product URL: http://www.searchit.com/toolbar/
Company privacy URL: http://www.searchit.com/toolbar/terms.htm
Functionality
Search toolbar
Description
Basically the software grants search capabilities. The terms of use allow SearchIt.Com to spy on your data as much as they want.
Privacy Statement
12. UPDATES. You grant SearchIt.Com permission to add/remove features and/or functions to the existing software and/or service, or to install new applications, at any time, in its sole discretion with or without your knowledge and/or interaction. You also grant SearchIt.Com permission to make any changes to the software and/or service provided at any time.
13. SERVER INTERACTION. You understand and accept that when the software is installed, it periodically comminutes with a server operated by SearchIt.Com and/or third party servers.
14. INFORMATION COLLECTION. You understand and grant SearchIt.Com permission to assign each copy of the software an unique software identify code. You also grant SearchIt.Com permission to collect and store information of your internet usage habit, including but not limited to information about every web page you view with the full Uniform Resource Locators, and the content of web page. You understand and accept that Uniform Resource Locators and the content of web pages you view may include your personally identifiable information. You grant SearchIt.Com permission to collect and store information on which toolbar buttons you click on, your response to advertising, the search terms you entered on the toolbar and/or all ot er information relates to your internet usage habit. [...] SearchIt.Com does not currently enable users to access, review, edit, or delete information, including internet usage information, collected during use of the Service. By using the SearchIt.Com Software and/or Service you agree to waive any constitutional, common law, statutory, or regulatory right of access to such information that you might otherwise have or acquire. [Remark: this last part violates german law that allows every user to get insight into the data saved about him. The final sentence is legally not valid in Germany.]
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Company: SearchIt.Com
Product: SearchIt
Threat: BHO/Spyware
Company URL: http://www.searchit.com/
Company product URL: http://www.searchit.com/toolbar/
Company privacy URL: http://www.searchit.com/toolbar/terms.htm
Functionality
Search toolbar
Description
Basically the software grants search capabilities. The terms of use allow SearchIt.Com to spy on your data as much as they want.
Privacy Statement
12. UPDATES. You grant SearchIt.Com permission to add/remove features and/or functions to the existing software and/or service, or to install new applications, at any time, in its sole discretion with or without your knowledge and/or interaction. You also grant SearchIt.Com permission to make any changes to the software and/or service provided at any time.
13. SERVER INTERACTION. You understand and accept that when the software is installed, it periodically comminutes with a server operated by SearchIt.Com and/or third party servers.
14. INFORMATION COLLECTION. You understand and grant SearchIt.Com permission to assign each copy of the software an unique software identify code. You also grant SearchIt.Com permission to collect and store information of your internet usage habit, including but not limited to information about every web page you view with the full Uniform Resource Locators, and the content of web page. You understand and accept that Uniform Resource Locators and the content of web pages you view may include your personally identifiable information. You grant SearchIt.Com permission to collect and store information on which toolbar buttons you click on, your response to advertising, the search terms you entered on the toolbar and/or all ot er information relates to your internet usage habit. [...] SearchIt.Com does not currently enable users to access, review, edit, or delete information, including internet usage information, collected during use of the Service. By using the SearchIt.Com Software and/or Service you agree to waive any constitutional, common law, statutory, or regulatory right of access to such information that you might otherwise have or acquire. [Remark: this last part violates german law that allows every user to get insight into the data saved about him. The final sentence is legally not valid in Germany.]