The "Privacy" tab

In the Webcam section, you can enable or disable webcam protection.

Allow webcam

Kaspersky Security Cloud doesn't block access to your webcam.

This action is selected by default.

Block webcam

Kaspersky Security Cloud prevents applications from using your webcam.

In the Website tracking section, you can block or unblock website tracking and select the categories of websites on which Kaspersky Security Cloud blocks tracking.

Block website tracking

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking on websites.

This checkbox is unselected by default.

Web analytics

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking on websites that use web analytics.

This checkbox is unselected by default.

If the Block website tracking checkbox is unselected, Kaspersky Security Cloud only monitors websites that belong to this category, regardless of whether the Web analytics checkbox is selected.

Ad agencies

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking by ad agencies.

This checkbox is unselected by default.

If the Block website tracking checkbox is unselected, Kaspersky Security Cloud only monitors websites that belong to this category, regardless of whether the Ad agencies checkbox is selected.

Web behavior trackers

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking on websites that use web behavior tracking techniques, for example, web beacons.

This checkbox is selected by default.

If the Block website tracking checkbox is unselected, Kaspersky Security Cloud only monitors websites that belong to this category, regardless of whether the Web behavior trackers checkbox is selected.

Social networks

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking by social networks.

This checkbox is selected by default.

If the Block website tracking checkbox is unselected, Kaspersky Security Cloud only monitors websites that belong to this category, regardless of whether the Social networks checkbox is selected.

Exclusions

Clicking this button opens a window where you can add websites on which you want to never block tracking.

Clicking this button adds a text field for adding a web address to the list of websites on which tracking is always allowed.

Clicking this button removes the selected web address from the list of websites on which tracking is always allowed.

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Clicking this button opens a window where you can enable/disable blocking of the tracking activities of websites that belong to Kaspersky and its partners, as well as of websites that are known to be incompatible with the Private Browsing feature.

Don't block tracking on websites of Kaspersky and its partners

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking on websites of Kaspersky and its partners.

When the checkbox is selected, Kaspersky Security Cloud doesn't block tracking on the websites of Kaspersky and its partners.

This checkbox is selected by default.

Don't block tracking on websites known to be incompatible with this feature

This checkbox enables/disables blocking of tracking on websites known to be incompatible with Private Browsing. The list of incompatible websites is updated as a part of the application databases.

When the checkbox is selected, Kaspersky Security Cloud doesn't block tracking activities if they occur on websites that are known to be incompatible with Private Browsing.

This checkbox is selected by default.

In the Unsecured Wi-Fi section, you can enable or disable notifications about under-protected Wi-Fi networks.

Notify about unsecured Wi-Fi networks

This checkbox enables/disables notifications about under-protected Wi-Fi networks. Kaspersky Security Cloud notifies you when your Mac connects to such networks.

This checkbox is selected by default.

In the Passwords section, you can allow Kaspersky Security Cloud to notify you of weak and duplicate passwords. This section only appears if you don't have password managers installed.

Detect duplicate passwords

This checkbox enables/disables notifications about duplicate passwords for websites you visit. The Kaspersky Security extension must be enabled to detect duplicate passwords.

Check password strength

This checkbox enables/disables notifications about the strength of your passwords. The Kaspersky Security extension must be enabled to check password strength.

In the Account Check section, you can enable or disable checking of the security of your account.

Check accounts for possible data leaks when signing in to websites

This checkbox enables/disables checking whether data from your accounts may have been obtained by hackers that use popular websites' vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information. The Kaspersky Security extension must be enabled to check your accounts for possible data leaks.

Extension Preferences

Clicking this button opens the Browsers tab.

Use these preferences for the following tasks

Privacy Protection

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