How your personal information is protected

Zone Labs security software prevents your personal information from being transmitted without your authorization, whether in e-mail or on the Web.

E-mail transmission

When you or someone using your computer attempts to send myVAULT data in an e-mail message, Zone Labs security software displays an alert asking you whether to allow the information to be sent. If you want to always allow or always block the information from being sent to this destination, before clicking Yes or No select the check box labeled "Do you want to remember this answer..." to add the destination to your Trusted Sites list with the corresponding permission set automatically. For example, if you were to select the "Do you want to remember this answer..." check box and then click Yes, the destination would be added to the Trusted Sites list with the permission set to Allow. Conversely, if you were to click No, the permission would be set to Block.


	When responding to an ID Lock alert that is the result of an e-mail transmission, clicking the "Do you want to remember this answer..." check box adds the domain of the intended recipient's e-mail server-not the e-mail recipient-to the Trusted Sites list. For example, if you were to allow myVAULT data to be transmitted to your contact john@example.com, and you chose to remember that answer, the next time myVAULT data is sent to ANY contact on example.com's e-mail server, the transmission would be allowed and you would not see an alert.

Web transmission

When transmitting myVAULT data on the Web, Zone Labs security software allows or blocks the transmission according to the permission for the domain in the Trusted Sites list. As with e-mail transmission of myVAULT contents, if you choose to remember your response to an ID Lock alert for a particular Web site, that Web site will be added to the Trusted Sites list automatically with the permission set accordingly.

IM transmission

When transmitting myVAULT data in and Instant Messaging conversation, Zone Labs security software prevents the information from being received.

Figure 10-1 shows an instant messaging conversation in which information that is stored in myVAULT is transmitted. The description of the item stored in myVAULT (in this example, My Visa Card) appears in brackets.

Figure 10-2 shows how the transmitted information is displayed to the recipient. The protected information is replaced with asterisks so that it is unreadable.