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Privacy policy

What do we collect and why?

Text message scam protection reviews messages that are received from an unknown sender (i.e. the sender’s number is not saved in your contacts) or submitted through this online webform. This feature and form collects the following information from text messages:

  • The text message content (for example any links to harmful websites)

  • Text message sender

Retention of data related to the text message scam protection feature and the webform

The scam protection feature and the webform retains personal data only for the purpose of the making the verdict of whether the message is scam. The personal data linked to the text message is anonymized and information submitted through the webform will be deleted after 30 days.

The text message scam protection feature uses artificial intelligence (AI). We use AWS Translate to translate text messages that are not in English following a no-trace policy, which means that AWS will not retain any of your personal data. All other AI is fully in our control and its sole purpose is to recognize scam text messages. We retain only non-personal information, for example the verdict (whether the text was scam or not) and the justification, to train the AI.

For more information about our privacy practices, see the F-Secure Privacy Statement.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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By submitting F‑Secure Corporation a link/URL or an electronic copy of the selected software/file possibly consisting of or including malicious/harmful code and/or having been detected as a possible security threat, you acknowledge that the file associated with the URL or the submitted sample may be protected by copy­right laws and submission and copying such samples might infringe copy­rights of third parties. You warrant that you have the necessary rights — under applicable copy­right and other relevant laws — to submit such sample to F‑Secure for security research purposes. In case the sample contains any personally identifiable information, F‑Secure shall handle such information as confidential. More information on personal data collected in portal can be found in the F‑Secure privacy policy for services.

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