CallingID Support: Customizing the CallingID Toolbar
This section of CallingID Support explains the many options available to suit
CallingID to your needs. To access these options, press the CallingID Menu
button on your toolbar and choose 'Options...'.
- Basic Options
- Advanced Options
What does 'Enable Data Protection' mean?
Data protection is a CallingID feature that protects you from
sending your personal information to risky sites. When your information might
be sent to a suspicious site, you get an alert.
Click here for an example.
This alert lets you decide between 3 options:
- Yes, it is OK to send information to that site.
- No, this site should not be able to receive information.
- I am not sure, This time only, sets the answer "yes" or "no" to allow only this specific visit to this site. You'll be asked again next
time you visit this site.
If you reply "Yes" or "No" without checking "I am not sure", next time you try
to send information to the same site, your reply will be automatically used. If
you answered "No" the information you try to send will automatically be
blocked. If you replied "Yes" the information will automatically be sent.
What does 'Only protect me from non-verified sites' mean?
When this option is selected, any site that CallingID
classifies as "Verified" (The site ownership has been identified, the owner of
the site has been identified as actively conducting business, the site and its
owner are located in countries that are not likely suspected and the site is
not on a scamming or phishing blacklist) will be considered safe to send data
to. When this option is not selected, sending data to a verified site will
prompt you to allow or ban sending data to that site.
What does 'Protect my password/personal data/all my data' mean?
You can choose between 3 levels of data protection:
- Protect my passwords - CallingID will alert you when you try to send a password to an unapproved site.
- Protect personal data - CallingID will alert you when you try to send a password or information you've marked personal to an
unapproved site.
- Protect all your data - CallingID will alert you when you try to any data to an unapproved site.
What is the 'Define Personal Information' button for?
Personal Information is any word or phrase you want CallingID
to keep private. Any phrase listed in the Define Personal Information dialog
will be considered private and CallingID will warn you when you try to submit
that phrase to an untrustworthy site.
Keywords can be your address; bank account details; social security number;
maiden name; phone numbers; etc. Credit card numbers need not be defined since
CallingID detects them automatically.
You can also list parts of words and even add a description of the data to help
you remember what it means.
You may also add or remove sites that are approved to receive your keywords in
the lower list.
Use the check box at the bottom of the window ('Sites approved to receive
password are automatically approved to receive personal information') to
signify there is no need to approve a site twice. If the option is not selected
you will be prompted to approve a site separately for receiving passwords and
for receiving other personal information.
What does the 'Sites approved to receive password are automatically approved to receive personal information'
option for?
Checking this option will make sure that any site you've
approved to receive your password will also be allowed to receive your personal
information, thus preventing you from having to approve them seperatly.
What is the 'Enable warning sounds' option for?
Checking this option will cause a warning beep to sound when
you attempt to send protected information to unapproved sites or when you visit
a High Risk site
What are the 'Suspected Countries' settings for?
It is considered risky to send information to sites located in
specific countries or sites owned by companies or individuals located in
specific countries.
CallingID protects you from sending information to sites located in countries
considered suspect and from browsing sites whose owners are located in
suspected countries.
You can move any country from the 'Trusted Countries' list (on
the left) to the 'Suspected Countries' list (on the right), buy selecting it
and clicking the appropriate arrow button. You can select multiple countries by
holding the Shift or Control keys.
What does the 'Sites blocked from receiving information' dialog mean?
This dialog allows you to prevent certain sites from receiving your information.
If you try to fill out a form on a site listed in this list you will be alerted
by CallingID. Also, if you try filling out a form on a site that isn't listed,
but that form will be sent to a site listed, you will be alerted.
What does 'Sites approved to receive information' mean?
If you've selected 'Protect all my data' from the Basic Options
tab, the 'Sites approved to receive information' dialog button will appear.
This dialog allows you to list sites which are allowed to receive information
from you (passwords, personal information, general data). When you try to fill
out a form in a site that is not listed, an alert will appear.
What does 'Site approved to receive passwords' mean?
If you've selected 'Protect my passwords' or selected 'Protect
my personal information' but not checked 'Sites approved to receive password
are automatically approved to receive personal information' in the Basic
Options tab, you can view and change the list of sites you have approved for
receiving passwords. You may remove sites from the list by selecting them and
then pressing the Remove button.
When you try to fill out a password field in a site that isn't listed you will
be alerted.
What does 'Sites approved to receive personal information' mean?
If you selected the option "Protect my personal information" or
"Protect all my data" in the Basic Options tab, you can view and change the
list of sites you have approved to receiving personal information.
Personal Information is any word or phrase you want CallingID to keep private.
Any phrase listed in the Define Personal Information dialog will be considered
private and CallingID will warn you when you try to submit that phrase to an
untrustworthy site.
Keywords can be your address; bank account details; social security number;
maiden name; phone numbers; etc. Credit card numbers need not be defined since
CallingID detects them automatically.
You can also list parts of words and even add a description of the data to help
you remember what it means.
You may also add or remove sites that are approved to receive your keywords in
the lower list.
Use the check box at the bottom of the window ('Sites approved to receive
password are automatically approved to receive personal information') to
signify there is no need to approve a site twice. If the option is not selected
you will be prompted to approve a site separately for receiving passwords and
for receiving other personal information.
What does the 'Show me all the sites that can receive information from a page I visit' checkbox do?
Many sites contain forms that send information to several
locations, databases or sites. This option will allow you to view which sites
will receive the information you are sending.
When this option is selected, the sites' information includes an indicator on
the right in the CallingID toolbar. When you select the indicator all the sites
that might receive data you enter are listed.
If you choose a site from the list, you can view its details. Also the cursor
will be positioned in an input field that sends data to the selected site.
Please note: Selecting this option may slow the assessment time for users with
slower Internet connections.