Responding to Private or Confidential Information Alerts

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Responding to Private or Confidential Information Alerts

: The "Private Information Alert" appears when Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall detects outbound information that you previously identified as confidential, such as credit card numbers or phone numbers.; If you choose Permit, the communication will send private information from your computer to another computer, which is usually a Web site.

How to respond to Private or Confidential Information Alerts

If you choose Permit, the confidential information is sent to the Web site or application that requested it. For instance, if you are filling out a Web form for purchasing a product, you may want that Web site to have the confidential information. In that case, you would choose Permit.
If you choose "Block (Recommended)," then Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall sends the communication, but without the confidential information. The confidential information is replaced with tilde (~) or asterisk (*) symbols.

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Document ID: 2006100612450936
Last Modified: 12/04/2006
Date Created: 10/06/2006
Product(s): Norton Internet Security 2003 6.0, Norton Internet Security 2004 7.0, Norton Internet Security 2005 8.0, Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 8.2, Norton Internet Security Professional 2003, Norton Internet Security Professional 2004 7.0, Norton Personal Firewall 2003 6.0, Norton Personal Firewall 2004 7.0, Norton Personal Firewall 2005 8.0