Does browser extension log browsing data and collect user location? Is the URL encrypted?

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Permanently deleted user

• 10 avril 2021 14:22
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Hello!

I have some questions about the Password Manager. 

1. Does Avira Password Manager browser extension log/collect user's browsing data or visited websites? According to https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/avira-password-manager/caljgklbbfbcjjanaijlacgncafpegll, Avira Password Manager collects "The list of web pages a user has visited, as well as associated data such as page title and time of visit." I understand that the extension needs to "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" in order for it to work correctly and autofill, but I'm concerned that this data is transmitted to the Avira server. I did NOT see anything about this in the Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy only says that Avira Password Manager collects data for the purpose of: "Contract performance, Revenue generation, Operational processes, Marketing, Evaluations." If the extension does indeed collect one's browsing history, what does Avira do with the data? 

Attached is a screenshot:

2. Why does Avira collect information about user's location? How is this data used? 

3. Is Avira Password Manager based on any other Password Manager, that is, using similar coding, or is it solely developed by Avira? 

4. Does Avira Password Manager collect any data about the logins stored in the vault? Many password managers, for example, collect the number of passwords stored, the average strength of the passwords, the number of folders/tags etc. Some password managers don't even encrypt the URL. What about Avira? Does it collect any of these information, whether it's anonymized or not?

Thank you very much in advance!

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  pascha45

  • 8 avril 2021 16:56

  Hello Avira Customer,

  We are a publicly accessible forum, personal data may neither be questioned nor processed here according to the data protection GDPR. We are an user2user forum.

  Premium customers with a valid licence can contact the support stream directly:

  • https://my.avira.com/en/dashboard/support/tabs/support 
  • or
  • https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us  scroll down ⇒ Contact Avira

  
  You have already been in contact with the support team, so it would make sense to immediately go back to this route and contact them directly with your questions.

  Thank you for your understanding.

  Many greetings

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  Permanently deleted user

  • 10 avril 2021 09:10

  Hello Pascha45,

  Thank you for the reply.

  I would love to get in touch with the Avira Customer Support! However, as I do not have a valid Avira license, I have no way of contacting them directly. That is why I decided to ask these questions about Avira password manager's privacy on this public forum. I’m sorry that I didn’t know that my above questions contained "personal data," but I appreciate your help. Thank you and have a nice day.

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