Privacy Protection
Open the Privacy window
Kaspersky Internet Security protects your privacy while your Mac is running. You can block your webcam to prevent applications from using it. When you enable this feature, Kaspersky Internet Security blocks access to system libraries that are used by the webcam. You can find examples of applications that cannot access your webcam when it is blocked by Kaspersky Internet Security and the list of supported web cameras on the Technical Support website (Knowledge Base).
Note: The access will be blocked for all applications installed on your computer. You cannot block access to your webcam for specific applications.
Block the webcam
- Open the main application window and click
.The Privacy window opens.
- In the Block webcam section, click Block.
The title of the Block webcam section changes to Webcam is blocked, and Kaspersky Internet Security blocks your webcam.
Note: You can also block your webcam by choosing Block webcam in the Webcam section on the Privacy tab of the application preferences window.
Stop blocking the webcam
- Open the main application window and click .
The Privacy window opens.
- In the Webcam is blocked section, click Stop Blocking.
The title of the Webcam is blocked section changes to Block webcam, and Kaspersky Internet Security stops blocking your webcam.
Note: If the application that you want to block is running when you block the webcam, you need to restart this application.
For enhanced protection of your privacy, Kaspersky Internet Security includes Private Browsing, a feature that blocks websites from tracking you. You can also select categories of websites on which you want to block tracking.
Note: Kaspersky Internet Security scans encrypted connections (HTTPS) only if the Check secure connections (HTTPS) for <component names> checkbox in the General section on the Protection tab is selected.
Block website tracking
- Open the main application window and click .
The Privacy window opens.
- In the Block website tracking section, click Block.
The title of the Block website tracking section changes to Website tracking is blocked, and Kaspersky Internet Security starts blocking websites from tracking your browsing activities.
Note: You can also block website tracking by selecting the Block website tracking checkbox in the Website tracking section on the Privacy tab of the application preferences window.
Stop blocking website tracking
- Open the main application window and click .
The Privacy window opens.
- In the Website tracking is blocked section, click Stop Blocking.
The title of the Website tracking is blocked section changes to Block website tracking, and Kaspersky Internet Security stops blocking websites from tracking your browsing activities.
Select categories of websites on which you want to block tracking
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Privacy tab, in the Website tracking section, in the list below the Block website tracking checkbox, select the checkboxes next to categories of websites on which you want to block tracking activities.
When website tracking is blocked, Kaspersky Internet Security blocks tracking activities on websites that belong to the selected categories and monitors tracking activities on websites that belong to the unselected categories. When website tracking is allowed, Kaspersky Internet Security only monitors websites that belong both to selected and unselected categories.
You can add websites to a list of exclusions. When website tracking is blocked, Kaspersky Internet Security doesn't block tracking activities on websites that are in the list of exclusions.
Add/remove a website to/from the list of exclusions
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Privacy tab, in the Website tracking section, click Exclusions.
A window with the list of exclusions opens.
- Edit the list of exclusions:
- To add a website to the list of exclusions:
- Click
. - Enter the web address of the website that you want to add to the list of exclusions.
- To remove a website from the list of exclusions:
- Select a web address that you want to remove.
- Click
.
- Click Save.
By default, Kaspersky Internet Security doesn't block tracking activities on the websites of Kaspersky and its partners. You can manually enable blocking of tracking activities on the websites of Kaspersky and its partners.
Enable blocking of the websites of Kaspersky and its partners
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Privacy tab, in the Website tracking section, click More.
A window with the list of websites of Kaspersky and its partners opens.
- At the top of the window, deselect the Don't block tracking on websites of Kaspersky and its partners checkbox.
Some websites are known to be incompatible with the Private Browsing feature. By default, Kaspersky Internet Security doesn't block tracking activities on such websites. You can manually enable blocking of tracking activities on websites known to be incompatible with the Private Browsing feature.
Enable blocking on websites known to be incompatible with Private Browsing
- In the menu bar, click the application icon and choose Preferences.
The application preferences window opens.
- On the Privacy tab, in the Website tracking section, click More.
A window with the list of websites known to be incompatible with the Private Browsing feature opens.
- In the middle of the window, deselect the Don't block tracking on websites known to be incompatible with this feature checkbox.