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What Bitdefender's terms say

B privacy grade · bitdefender.com · Tech & telecom

Bitdefender's terms of service and privacy policy have 23 rated points: 0 serious, 6 bad, 4 worth knowing and 13 good. 20 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 3 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use Bitdefender

Bad 6

  • Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you

    Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user

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  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

    This service gathers information about you through third parties

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  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

    This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes

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  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

    This service uses third-party cookies for statistics

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  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

    Tracking via third-party cookies for other purposes without your consent.

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Worth knowing 4

  • Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

    Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service

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  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

    This service collects your IP address for location use

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  • First-party cookies are used

    This service requires first-party cookies

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  • Only aggregate data is given to third parties

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Good 10

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    The service provides information about how they collect personal data

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  • Logs are deleted after a finite period of time

    User logs are deleted after a finite period of time

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  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

    The service provides a complaint mechanism for the handling of personal data

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  • The service claims that third parties it shares your personal information with are bound by confidentiality obligations

    Third parties used by the service are bound by confidentiality obligations

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  • The data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

    The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes

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  • Your personal data is used for limited purposes

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  • This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

    This service does not sell your personal data

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  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

    The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data

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  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

    You can request access and deletion of personal data

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  • Third parties are not allowed to access your personal information without a legal basis

    The service will not allow third parties to access your personal information without a legal basis

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With an account

If you have a Bitdefender account

Good 3

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

    This service allows you to retrieve an archive of your data

    Full quote: "According to European Union applicable data protection legislation, data subjects shall have the right to access to data, rectification, erasure, restriction on processing, objection to processing and right to data portability."

    Where it says this ↗
  • You can opt out of receiving promotional communications

    You can opt out of promotional communications

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  • You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online

    The service informs users about the risk of publishing personal info online

    Where it says this ↗

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.