Spyware definition

Spyware when used in this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean a type of malware that can be installed on computers, and which collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge; the presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect; typically, spyware is secretly installed on the user's personal computer;
Spyware means programming that gathers information about a computer user without permission.
Spyware means any product with digital elements specially designed to exploit vulnerabilities in other products with digital elements that enables the covert surveillance of natural or legal persons by monitoring, extracting, collecting or analysing data from such products or from the natural or legal persons using such products, in particular by secretly recording calls or otherwise using the microphone of an end-user device, filming natural persons, machines or their surroundings, copying messages, photographing, tracking browsing activity, tracking geolocation, collecting other sensor data or tracking activities across multiple end-user devices, without the natural or legal person concerned being made aware in a specific manner and having given their express specific consent in that regard;

Examples of Spyware in a sentence

  • Whitelists and blacklists (both global and user configurable) 6.2.3. Anti-spyware SoftwareAnti-spyware software which detects and removes Spyware from systems running Windows shall be provided with the following minimum specifications:a.

  • The Bidder shall ensure that the equipment / application / software being supplied shall be free from malicious code (Viruses, Trojan, Spyware etc.) and shall be liable for any loss (information, data, equipment, theft of Intellectual Property Rights, network breach, sabotage etc.) incurred to the bank arising due to activation of any such embedded malware / malicious code.

  • See Judge Grants NY Pop-Up Company Preliminary Injunction Against Spyware Law.

  • Spyware Spyware refers to a broad category of malicious software designed to intercept or take partial control of a computer's operation without the consent of that machine's owner or user.

  • The Bidder shall ensure that the equipment / application / software being supplied shall be free from malicious code (Viruses, Trojan, Spyware etc.) and shall be liable for any loss (information, data, equipment, theft of Intellectual Property Rights, network breach, sabotage etc.) incurred to the Bank arising due to activation of any such embedded malware / malicious code.


More Definitions of Spyware

Spyware means a type of malware that can be installed on computers and collects small pieces of information about users without their knowledge; the presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user and can be difficult to detect; spyware is typically secretly installed on the user's personal computer;
Spyware means any surveillance technology with a high level of intrusiveness resulting, in particular, from the extensive access it can offer to devices and their functionalities, typically designed to exploit vulnerabilities in products with digital elements that enables the extensive covert surveillance of natural or legal persons, including retroactively, by monitoring, extracting, collecting or analysing data from such products or from the natural or legal persons using such products, including in an indiscriminate manner, without the natural or legal person concerned being made aware in a specific manner and having given their express specific consent, in accordance with the conditions for consent set out in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in that regard;
Spyware means software residing on a computer that:
Spyware means any type of software that is surreptitiously installed on a computer and,
Spyware has the meaning set forth in Section 6.18.7.
Spyware means computer programs or tools that: (i) alter a computer User's browser or other settings or use an ActiveX control or similar device to download ad supporting software without providing fair notice to and obtaining affirmative consent from the User; (ii) prevent a computer User's reasonable efforts to block the installation of or disable or remove unwanted software; (iii) remove or disable any security, anti-Spyware or anti-virus technology on a User's computer; (iv) send email through a User's computer without prior authorization; (v) open multiple, sequential, stand-alone advertisements in the User's Internet browser which cannot be closed without closing the Internet browser or shutting down the computer; or (vi) other similar activities that are prohibited by Applicable Laws.
Spyware means any product with digital elements specially designed to exploit vulnerabilities in other products with digital elements, including intrusive software, that enables the covert surveillance of natural or legal persons by monitoring, extracting, collecting or analysing data from such products or from the natural or legal persons using such products […] ;