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 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;
Spyware means programming that gathers information about a computer user without permission.
Examples of Spyware in a sentence
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Spyware refers to technologies that collect information about a user without his or her knowledge and reports that information to a third party.
Regular definition updates and scans must be run to keep the PC running Merchant Capture Software free from Viruses and Spyware.
Malware and Spyware are growing threats in the mobile environment.
More Definitions of Spyware
Spyware means any software that covertly gathers information regarding user online activity through the user’s Internet connection (i.e., without notice that such information may be gathered), whether or not such software is bundled as a hidden component of the Sellers’ toolbar or like applications, other than information (i) reasonably gathered in connection with services or information provided by the Sellers to such users, or (ii) that is not associated with personally identifiable information.
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 malware" or "adware" (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of performing or facilitating, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, harming, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed, or (ii) compromising the privacy or data security of a user or damaging or destroying any data or file without a user's consent.
Spyware. Software that collects information about a user and then diverts that information to another person or company often (but not always) for use by a criminal or hacker. Often “piggybacks” onto a computer with the download of other, seemingly harmless software, sometimes without the knowledge of the user.
Spyware means different things to different people. What one person views as harmful software another person may view as helpful. Although many extreme types of spyware may be universally viewed as “bad software” in the eyes of the computer user (i.e. software that secretly installs itself onto a computer to steal personal information to be used for identity theft), other types of software may be viewed as desirable by some individuals and not desirable by others. For example, SideStep is a program that informs a user who has purchased a plane ticket whether better deals on the same trip are available with other airlines. However, potentially useful programs such as SideStep track what users see and what users' preferences are. These programs also have extensive information about users' offline activities.65 While some users might view this as intrusive software and wish to prevent it from installing itself onto their computers, others would welcome its installation. Thus, spyware legislation that is anchored in notice and consent requirements will allow users to define for themselves what constitutes unwelcome spyware.