Information exchange with Kaspersky Security Network

To improve real-time protection, Kaspersky Security for Mobile uses the Kaspersky Security Network cloud service for the operation of the following components:

• Anti-Virus. The app obtains access to the Kaspersky online knowledge base regarding the reputation of files and apps. The scan is performed for threats whose information has not yet been added to Anti-Virus databases but is already available in KSN. Kaspersky Security Network cloud service provides full operation of Antivirus and reduces the likelihood of false alarms.
• Web Protection. The app uses data received from KSN to run scan of websites before they are opened. The app also determines the website category to control internet access to users based on lists of allowed and blocked categories (for example, the "Internet communication" category).
• App Control. The app determines the app category to restrict the startup of apps that do not meet corporate security requirements based on lists of allowed and blocked categories (for example, the "Games" category).

Information on the type of data submitted to Kaspersky when using KSN during operation of Anti-Virus and App Control is available in the End User License Agreement. By accepting the terms and conditions of the License Agreement, you agree to transfer this information.

Information on the type of data submitted to Kaspersky when using KSN during operation of Web Protection is available in the Statement regarding data processing for Web Protection. By accepting the terms and conditions of the Statement, you agree to transfer this information.

For the purposes of identifying emerging information security threats, intrusion threats, and threats that are hard to detect (along with their respective sources), and to improve the protection of information stored and processed on a device, you can extend your participation in Kaspersky Security Network.

To exchange data with KSN for the purposes of improving the performance of the app, the following conditions must be fulfilled:

• You or the device user must read and accept the terms of the Kaspersky Security Network Statement. If you choose for the Statement to be accepted by users, they will be prompted by a notification on the main app screen to accept the terms of the Statement. Users can also accept the Statements in the About the app section in the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android settings.

  If you choose to accept the statements globally, the versions of the statements accepted via Kaspersky Security Center must match the versions already accepted by users. Otherwise, the users will be informed about the issue and prompted to accept the version of a statement that matches the version accepted globally by the administrator. The device status in the Kaspersky Security for Mobile (Devices) plug-in will also change to Warning.

• You must configure the group policy settings to allow statistics to be sent to KSN.

You can opt out of sending statistic data to Kaspersky Security Network at any time. Information on the type of statistic data submitted to Kaspersky when using KSN during operation of the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android mobile app is available in the Kaspersky Security Network Statement.

For more information about data provision to KSN, refer to the "Data provision" section.

Providing data to KSN is voluntary. If you want, you can disable data exchange with KSN.

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