Privacy Policy
Last updated:
January 28th, 2008
At Malwarebytes we recognize that privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use Malwarebytes' services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
The Types of Information we Collect
As a visitor to this Site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as utilizing online or hosted Products and Services, Malwarebytes may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting a form. It is optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
When you use the Site and the Products and Services, Malwarebytes may also collect certain information about your computer to facilitate and evaluate your use of the Site and the Products and Services. For example, we may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, referring or exit webpages, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. Malwarebytes also uses such information to measure traffic patterns on the Site and usage of the Products and Services. We do not match such information with any other information held by Malwarebytes unless we have your consent.
By using this Site and the Products and Services, you agree and acknowledge that personal information collected through the Site or in connection with the Products and Services may be transferred across national boundaries and stored and processed in any of the countries around the world in which Malwarebytes maintains offices, including the United States.
How Your Personal Information is Used
Malwarebytes collects your information in order to record, support and facilitate your participation in the activities you select. If you subscribe to or register for Products and Services, for example, the information is used to register your rights, if any, to technical support or other benefits that may be made available to registered users. As another example, if you enter a contest, information is collected to qualify the entry and to contact you regarding the contest or prize awards. Your personal information is also used to track customer preferences and keep you informed about product upgrades, special offers, and other products and services of Malwarebytes and selected third parties unless you have opted not to receive such communications or such communications are prohibited by law. Malwarebytes may collect information about the use of the Products and Services and the Site, such as the number of downloads, types of Services used, how many users we receive daily, and the IP/Internet address of your computer. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. Malwarebytes may use this aggregate, nonidentifying statistical data for improving the Site and the Products and Services, providing more relevant experiences to our customers and for statistical analysis.