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9.1. AVG Do Not Track interface

While online, AVG Do Not Track warns you as soon as any kind of data collection activity is

detected. You will see the following dialog:

All detected data collection services are listed by name in the Trackers on this page overview.

There are three types of data collection activities recognized by AVG Do Not Track:

Web Analytics (allowed by default): Services used to improve the performance and

experience of the respective website. In this category you can find services as Google

Analytics, Omniture, or Yahoo Analytics. We recommend not to block web analytics

services, as the website might not work as intended.

Social Buttons (allowed by default): Elements designed for improving the social-networking

experience. Social buttons are served from the social networks to the site you are visiting.

They can collect data about your online activity while you are logged-in. Examples of Social

buttons include: Facebook Social Plugins, Twitter Button, Google +1.

Ad Networks (some blocked by default): Services that collect or share data about your

online activity on multiple sites, either directly or indirectly, to offer you personalized Ads

unlike of content-based Ads. This is determined based on the privacy policy of each Ad

network as available on their website. Some ad networks are blocked by default.

Note: Depending on what services are running in the background of the website, some of the three

above described sections might not appear in the AVG Do Not Track dialog.

The dialog also contains two hyperlinks: