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*Information about the use of the software or services ("Log Data")

The '''Functional Data''' section of the privacy policy states:<blockquote>We collect data that is necessary for the functionality of the software or for our performance of providing the software to you. For example, we may need to collect system processes and behaviors in order to perform system rollback and recovery operations.</blockquote>Malwarebytes website also contains ads, trackers and third-party cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=malwarebytes.com — Blacklight Search Results |url=https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=malwarebytes.com&device=mobile&location=us&force=false |website=The Markup |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also, on each webpage, a seemingly harmless GIF file (<code><nowiki>https://genesis.malwarebytes.com/api/v1/wai.gif</nowiki></code>) is being loaded. The GIF returns JSON data, which is possibly being used for fingerprinting.<ref name=":0" /> {{Wplink|Fingerprint (computing)|Fingerprinting}} is a method to identify and track users uniquely based on the characteristics of their device and browser, which raises additional privacy issues regarding Malwarebytes' behavior.

The '''Functional Data''' section of the privacy policy states:<blockquote>We collect data that is necessary for the functionality of the software or for our performance of providing the software to you. For example, we may need to collect system processes and behaviors in order to perform system rollback and recovery operations.</blockquote>Malwarebytes website also contains ads, trackers and third-party cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=malwarebytes.com — Blacklight Search Results |url=https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=malwarebytes.com&device=mobile&location=us&force=false |website=The Markup |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also, on each webpage, a seemingly harmless GIF file (<code><nowiki>https://genesis.malwarebytes.com/api/v1/wai.gif</nowiki></code>) is being loaded. The GIF returns JSON data, which is possibly being used for [[Device fingerprint|fingerprinting]].<ref name=":0" />

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 *Information about the use of the software or services ("Log Data")
-The '''Functional Data''' section of the privacy policy states:<blockquote>We collect data that is necessary for the functionality of the software or for our performance of providing the software to you. For example, we may need to collect system processes and behaviors in order to perform system rollback and recovery operations.</blockquote>Malwarebytes website also contains ads, trackers and third-party cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=malwarebytes.com — Blacklight Search Results |url=https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=malwarebytes.com&device=mobile&location=us&force=false |website=The Markup |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also, on each webpage, a seemingly harmless GIF file (<code><nowiki>https://genesis.malwarebytes.com/api/v1/wai.gif</nowiki></code>) is being loaded. The GIF returns JSON data, which is possibly being used for fingerprinting.<ref name=":0" /> {{Wplink|Fingerprint (computing)|Fingerprinting}} is a method to identify and track users uniquely based on the characteristics of their device and browser, which raises additional privacy issues regarding Malwarebytes' behavior.
+The '''Functional Data''' section of the privacy policy states:<blockquote>We collect data that is necessary for the functionality of the software or for our performance of providing the software to you. For example, we may need to collect system processes and behaviors in order to perform system rollback and recovery operations.</blockquote>Malwarebytes website also contains ads, trackers and third-party cookies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=malwarebytes.com — Blacklight Search Results |url=https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=malwarebytes.com&device=mobile&location=us&force=false |website=The Markup |access-date=13 Jul 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also, on each webpage, a seemingly harmless GIF file (<code><nowiki>https://genesis.malwarebytes.com/api/v1/wai.gif</nowiki></code>) is being loaded. The GIF returns JSON data, which is possibly being used for [[Device fingerprint|fingerprinting]].<ref name=":0" />
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