What information does Phishing Filter send to Microsoft?
When you use Phishing Filter to check websites automatically or manually, the address of the website you are visiting will be sent to Microsoft, together with some standard information from your computer such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, and Phishing Filter version number. To help protect your privacy, the address information sent to Microsoft is encrypted using SSL and limited to the domain and path of the website you are visiting. Other information that might be associated with the web address, such as search terms, information you entered in forms, or cookies, will not be sent. For example, if you visited the MSN search website at http://search.msn.com and entered “MySecret” as the search term, instead of sending the full address “http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=MySecret&FORM=QBHP”, Phishing Filter would remove the search term and only send “http://search.msn.com/results.aspx”.
When you use Phishing Filter to check websites automatically or manually, the address of the website you are visiting will be sent to Microsoft, together with some standard information from your computer such as your computer’s IP address, browser type, and Phishing Filter version number. To help protect your privacy, the address information sent to Microsoft is encrypted using SSL and limited to the domain and path of the website you are visiting. Other information that might be associated with the web address, such as search terms, information you entered in forms, or cookies, will not be sent. For example, if you visited the MSN search website at http://search.msn.com and entered “MySecret” as the search term, instead of sending the full address “http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=MySecret&FORM=QBHP”, Phishing Filter would remove the search term and only send “http://search.msn.com/results.aspx”. Anonymous statistics about your use of Internet Explorer and Phishing Filter will als
