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Kaspersky's Privacy Policy informs users that their personal data may be transferred to e-commerce providers for purchases, who will then process that data according to their own privacy policies (data_use-0001). For Kaspersky CompanyAccount users, a company Administrator has the ability to change account settings and reset passwords for colleagues' accounts, and an Administrator can edit personal accounts for all colleagues and block the entire company's account while employee accounts remain in the system (data_use-0002). Personal data is also used for marketing purposes, including sending information about virus alerts, product upgrades, new products, services, newsletters, and special offers (data_use-0003).
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Risk Flags
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Critical issues and business practices that may be harmful to users. These are typically material, hard-to-reverse, and may lead to significant privacy exposure, financial loss, or weakened legal rights.
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Data Use
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Clauses that describe how your data is collected, processed, and shared. These findings focus on broad grants of rights, where data is used by the company or shared with others, and for what purposes.
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Data transfer to e-commerce providers for purchases
For purchasing Kaspersky products and services, your data may be transferred to one of their e-commerce providers, and your data will be processed according to the terms of the e-commerce provider's Privacy Policies.
Why it matters: Your personal data may be transferred to third-party e-commerce providers when you purchase products and services, meaning these providers will handle your data according to their own privacy policies, which may differ from Kaspersky's.
For the purposes of purchasing Kaspersky products and services your data may be transferred to one of our e-comm providers. In this case your data will be processed according to the terms of Privacy Policies of e-comm providers:
**Description of Service**, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
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Administrator access to personal accounts in Kaspersky CompanyAccount
For Kaspersky CompanyAccount, a company's Administrator can change your account settings and reset your password. If you are an Administrator, you can edit personal accounts for all colleagues and block the entire company's account, while employees' personal accounts will remain in the system.
Why it matters: If you use Kaspersky CompanyAccount, your company's Administrator has significant control over your account, including the ability to change your settings and reset your password. If you are an Administrator, you have broad powers over colleagues' accounts, but personal accounts remain in the system even if the company account is blocked.
Your company's Kaspersky CompanyAccount Administrator will also be able to change your account settings and reset your password. If you are your company's Kaspersky CompanyAccount Administrator, then you have the ability to edit personal accounts for all of your colleagues and block the entire company's account (employees' personal accounts will remain in the system).
* personal account;, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
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Use of personal data for marketing, product improvements, and offers
Kaspersky uses personal data to provide information about virus alerts, product upgrades, new products, services, newsletters, informative emails, and research on future product ideas or improvements. They also use it to assist in creating relevant content, provide special offers, and help users find software, services, or product information.
Why it matters: Your personal data will be used to send you various communications, including product updates, newsletters, marketing offers, and to customize content and services, which may result in a higher volume of commercial communications.
* to provide you with information about virus alerts, product upgrades, new products, services, newsletters, informative emails, and research on future product ideas or improvements; * to assist us in creating content that is relevant to you; * to provide you with special Kaspersky-specific offers that may be of interest to you; * to assist us in creating better products and services to meet your needs; * to help you quickly find software, services or product information important to you.
We use personal data for the following purposes:, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
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Details on how subscriptions renew, trial periods convert, and the process for terminating accounts or services. Recurring charges, auto-renewal, and refund policies are key considerations here.
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Gotchas
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Protections
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Consumer-friendly clauses and beneficial practices. These include explicit commitments to data minimization, strong user controls, clear notice provisions, and transparent refund policies.
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Choice to provide personal data
You have the freedom to decide whether to proceed with any activity that asks for personal data. However, if you choose not to provide the requested data, you might not be able to complete the transaction.
Why it helps: This clause explicitly states that you have control over whether you provide personal data for certain activities, offering a level of agency over your information.
You make all decisions regarding whether or not to proceed with any activity that requests personal data. However, please note that if you do not wish to provide the requested data, you may not be able to complete the transaction.
**Description of Service**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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Accounts are deleted if inactive for five years
If a Kaspersky Account remains inactive for five years, it will be automatically and completely deleted from the system.
Why it helps: This commitment ensures that inactive accounts and their associated data are not retained indefinitely, contributing to data minimization and reducing the long-term risk of data exposure for dormant users.
If the account remains inactive for a period of 5 (five) years, it will be automatically completely deleted from our system.
**How long do we keep your personal data**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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Ability to delete Kaspersky Account at any time
You can delete your Kaspersky Account at any time. Your personal data will be held in Kaspersky's database until the retention period has expired, but you will no longer be able to access the Kaspersky CompanyAccount website using the deleted account.
Why it helps: This clause confirms your right to delete your account whenever you choose, providing an important control over your personal data even if there's a post-deletion retention period.
You can delete your account at any time in the Account settings or by submitting a request to our Customer Service. Once your account has been deleted, your personal data will be held in Kaspersky's database until the retention period has expired, but you will no longer be able to access the Kaspersky CompanyAccount website using the deleted account.
**How long do we keep your personal data**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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