NO! The Ask Syndication Toolbar does not collect any personal information and is completely "spyware"-free and "adware"-free. Period. The Ask Syndication Toolbar was specifically designed to provide a great user experience free of spyware, adware, direct marketing, data collection or other similar activities. In order to achieve that goal: The toolbar software DOES NOT collect personal information of any kind, period.

No. These software are not Spyware. We do not collect any personally identifiable information of our users. No such information is transmitted from user's system to our servers when a user installs our software.

NO! The CS Local Search Toolbar does not collect any personal information and is completely "spyware"-free and "adware"-free. Period. The CS Local Search Toolbar was specifically designed to provide a great user experience free of spyware, adware, direct marketing, data collection or other similar activities. In order to achieve that goal: The toolbar software DOES NOT collect personal information of any kind, period.

Absolutely No. Spyware is defined as software that installs on a user's computer to secretly gather information and relay it back to advertisers or other interested parties. Viewpoint does not gather and relay information to any outside sources. We do not collect any personal information whatsoever. Any information collected is used for the sole purpose of making your experience with our technology optimal.

Strictly speaking, "spy-ware" is computer software that gathers information about a computer user without the user's knowledge or informed consent, and then transmits this information to an organisation that expects to be able to profit from it in some way. Data-collecting programs installed with the user's knowledge are not, technically speaking, spy-ware, if the user fully understands what data is being collected and with whom it is being shared.

Tell-tale signs of Spyware presence are computer slowdown, pop-up ads, erratic mouse behaviour, and problems with a Web browser-like browser instability, strange homepages and confusing search results. To determine if your computer is infected with Spyware, you will need to download a Spyware detection tool. Most respected anti-spyware companies offer a free scan or free trial version of their software.