To protect your computer more effectively, Kaspersky Security uses data that is collected from users around the globe. Kaspersky Security Network is designed to collect such data.
Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) is an infrastructure of cloud services providing access to the Kaspersky online knowledge base that contains information about the reputation of files, web resources, and software. The use of data from Kaspersky Security Network ensures faster responses by Kaspersky applications to threats, improves the effectiveness of some protection components, and reduces the risk of false positives.
Thanks to your participation in Kaspersky Security Network, Kaspersky is able to promptly gather information about types and sources of threats, develop solutions for neutralizing them, and process spam messages with a high level of accuracy.
If you participate in Kaspersky Security Network, certain statistics are collected while Kaspersky Security is running and are automatically sent to Kaspersky. Also, additional checking at Kaspersky may require sending files (or parts of files) that are imposed to an increased risk of being exploited by intruders to do harm to the user's computer or data.
Certain considerations may have to be kept in mind when processing user data depending on whether the user is located in a particular region in accordance with local regulations. If you are participating in Kaspersky Security Network and cross borders into different regions, you will receive notifications about the transition to a different KSN segment. If your application is configured to send notifications about system errors, the warning will also be sent to the specified email addresses.
Participation in Kaspersky Security Network is voluntary. You can opt out of participating in Kaspersky Security Network at any time. Any information about data that the application sends to Kaspersky can be obtained through the KSN Statement.
You can enable or disable Kaspersky Security Network for Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam.
To reduce the load on KSN servers, Kaspersky specialists can release updates for the applications that temporarily turn off or partially restrict access to Kaspersky Security Network. In this case, you will receive warnings about the limited use of KSN in the Windows Event Log. When it returns to normal operating mode, you will also receive a notification in the Windows Event Log. If your application is configured to send notifications about system errors, the warning and notification will also be sent to the specified email addresses.
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