Home version for Mac sending out data?

Hi Peter9,

Your understanding is incorrect. The only data that is sent to Sophos (related to web browsing) is the URL hostname and path. We definitely DO NOT send the content. We do scan the content locally.

The list of information sent to Sophos from the Mac endpoint product:

1) for Web Protection reputation checks, the URL hostname and path are sent to Sophos;

2) for any scanning, if LIve Protection is enabled, various file checksums and attributes (but not full content) are sent to Sophos;

3) various non-personally-identifable anonymous information about the system configuration (version of Mac OS X, version of the Sophos product, what features are used, etc) is sent to Sophos.

All 3 items are covered by our license agreement during installation.

None of the information above is traceable to a user name or machine name or a specific person or organization. Obviously we receive the IP address of your machine, this is how the internet works. Although we do store this data, its used for data mining purposes that helps us understand how people are using the product.

Hi Peter9,

Your understanding is incorrect. The only data that is sent to Sophos (related to web browsing) is the URL hostname and path. We definitely DO NOT send the content. We do scan the content locally.

The list of information sent to Sophos from the Mac endpoint product:

1) for Web Protection reputation checks, the URL hostname and path are sent to Sophos;

2) for any scanning, if LIve Protection is enabled, various file checksums and attributes (but not full content) are sent to Sophos;

3) various non-personally-identifable anonymous information about the system configuration (version of Mac OS X, version of the Sophos product, what features are used, etc) is sent to Sophos.

All 3 items are covered by our license agreement during installation.

None of the information above is traceable to a user name or machine name or a specific person or organization. Obviously we receive the IP address of your machine, this is how the internet works. Although we do store this data, its used for data mining purposes that helps us understand how people are using the product.