How do we safeguard your personal data?
Security of your personal data
IDGC maintains safeguards which include technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized use, access, inadvertent disclosure, alteration, and destruction, and we require the third parties we contract with to support IDGC’s business operations to employ reasonable security measures as well (see «When and how we share your information with others» below).
We update and test security on an ongoing basis and restrict access to your personal data to only those who need to know in order to provide IDGC’s products, content or services to you.
Storage of your personal data
We may store your personal data using IDGC’s own secure on-site servers or other internally hosted technology. Your personal data may also be stored by third parties, via cloud services or other technology, to whom IDGC has contracted with, to support IDGC’s business operations (see «When and how we share your information with others» below).
These third parties do not use or have access to your personal data other than for cloud storage and retrieval, and IDGC requires such parties to employ at least the same level of security that we use to protect your personal data (see «Security of your personal data» above).
How we collect it
We may collect your personal data when you register to receive any of the products, content or services offered by IDGC or its third party sponsors («sponsors») such as publications, subscriptions, contests, newsletters, memberships, premium content, webcasts, video, white papers, online seminars, conferences and events.
What happens if you don’t provide personal data?
In order for us to provide the products, content or services you request, we need your personal data. Therefore, if you do not provide such personal data, we cannot deliver the products, content or services.
IDG Communications Publishing Network
This website is one of many that IDGC and its group of undertakings operates, all of which we collectively refer to as the IDG Communications Publishing Network. Where permitted by law, we may share the personal data we collect about you with another IDG Communications Publishing Network company so that we can provide you with information about products, content and services that might interest you, and for internal analytical and business development purposes. Please click here for a list of the online and print publications included in the IDG Communications Publishing Network.
The legal basis we have for processing your personal data
The GDPR requires data collectors, such as IDGC, to have a legal basis to use the personal data of EU residents. Therefore, this section shall apply to any such personal data collected by IDGC.
IDGC uses the personal data that you provide to supply you with high-quality products, content and services as you request, to send important notices, and for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to provide you with the information you need to make the most informed technology purchasing decisions.
We may also use your personal data to offer you products, content or services that may be of interest to you, based upon your interests or the preferences you shared with us, and may share your personal data with third party sponsors of content, events, and other business services or offers.
The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent. In certain circumstances we may otherwise process your personal data if IDGC has a legitimate interest in doing so and IDGC is not infringing any of your rights and freedoms.
When IDGC processes your personal data for IDGC’s legitimate interests, IDGC will consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection and any other relevant law. Our legitimate business interests do not override your interests. IDGC will not use your personal data in circumstances where your rights and freedoms override our legitimate interests, unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law.
An advanced Chrome screenshot option
So you really want to get wild, you say? Well, wrap your tech-titillated hindbrain around this: In addition to snagging regular screenshots using this method, you can also capture a screenshot of a site’s mobile interface right from your computer with almost the exact same set of steps.
Here’s the trick: Start with the same first step we just went over — Ctrl-Shift-I (or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac) — then pause for a second. See that bar at the top of the screen, directly beneath the address bar? Click on the area where it says «Responsive» and pick out whatever type of device you want from the list that pops up.
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That’ll make the site you’re viewing look like it’s being viewed in the phone you selected. Nifty, no?
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Once you’ve done that, just pick up where you left off and move on to the final two steps from above to capture and save your screenshot. The resulting image will be in the size and shape of the phone.
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Ctrl-Shift-I, Ctrl-Shift-P, «screenshot.» Say it, sing it, commit it to memory — and forever change the way you capture screenshots from your Chrome desktop browser.
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Chrome down for third consecutive month
Chrome dumped seven-tenths of a percentage point in October, falling back to 69.3%. The decline was the third in as many months, an unusual run that’s occurred only four times in the browser’s 15 years. (The last time it happened before this was in September-December 2019.)
Whenever Chrome suffers losses in two or more straight months, it’s tempting to wonder whether the browser has peaked. Computerworld has tentatively pegged more than a couple such milestones before but been proven wrong each time. The browser could easily bounce back as it has before.
Computerworld‘s latest forecast — as always, based on Chrome’s 12-month average — stayed with growth, albeit pared significantly from 30 days ago. Chrome should return to 70% by March 2021 and reach 71% by September 2022. (The latter was three months later than last month’s forecast, showing how present declines quickly impact future gains.)
Edge remains Chrome’s most dangerous competitor, primarily — and this is Google’s own doing to some degree — because the former is the latter, what with both relying on Chromium. But Microsoft has cards to play here that Google cannot match; Microsoft will leverage its enterprise management reputation and expertise in an attempt to wean commercial customers from Google’s browser.
Microsoft’s strategy, then, would be the opposite of Google’s. The latter pushed Chrome to consumers until its share reached tipping point, and employees demanded the right to run the same browser they’d become familiar with at home. Microsoft would instead hope to win over business users in the expectation that they might want to run the same browser on home PCs, tablets or even phones.
What information we collect
To enhance and/or update the information that you have provided to us, we may combine it with professional information or personal data that we collect from third party sources. The personal data that we refer to in this document is the personal and professional information you provide, as well as information that we obtain from third party sources, both of which we typically combine as one user record.
This site also collects and stores certain information automatically using cookies and similar technologies, including IP addresses, the region or general location of a computer or device accessing the internet, browser type, operating system, page view history, and other usage information. See our Cookie Policy for further details or if you are an EU resident or California consumer, visit our Member Preferences Center to modify your cookie settings.
However, to the extent that any cookie can uniquely identify a computer, mobile device, or tablet («Device»), or the person using that Device, and you are an EU resident, under the GDPR, this is personal data. Therefore, this privacy policy shall apply to such personal data collected by IDGC.
Similarly, if you are a California consumer, under the CCPA, to the extent that any cookie can uniquely identify you or the device you, or any other person is using, via an IP address or other online identifier, this is also personal data.
Your rights and preferences
If you inform us that you want IDGC to provide the categories and specific pieces of personal data IDGC collects, your personal data erased (if you are an EU resident) or deleted (if you are a California consumer), that you do not want your personal data sold (if you are a California consumer), that you no longer wish for us to communicate with you for marketing purposes, or to otherwise restrict IDGC’s processing of your personal data, we may retain some basic information in order to avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future, and to keep a record of your request and our response.
Confirming your personal data
This section shall apply to any personal data collected by IDGC from EU residents and California consumers.
The categories of personal data IDGC has collected about consumers, the categories of sources from which personal data is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling (if applicable) personal data, the categories of third parties with whom IDGC shares personal data, and the specific pieces of personal data IDGC has collected about consumers, can be generally be found in this privacy policy.
Opt out of the sale of your personal data
California consumers can exercise their rights to opt out of the selling of their personal data (as applicable) under the CCPA, as described in Your California Privacy Rights below.
When and how we share your personal data with others
IDGC may share your personal data to deliver content and services from our sites, affiliated companies and third parties services that might interest you, including sponsored content and events, for business operations, and to comply with valid legal processes.
If you are an EU resident, IDGC will only share your personal data with third parties outside of the IDG Communications Publishing Network, with your consent.
For content and services that may interest you or that you request
As we mention above, your personal data may be shared within the IDG Communications Publishing Network to provide you with information about products, content and services that might interest you and for internal analytical and business development purposes (see «IDG Communications Publishing Network» above). We may also share your personal data with third parties to deliver third party sponsored content or other services that you request (see «third party sponsored content and events» below). As indicated above (see «To present offers that may be of interest to you»), however, your personal data continues to be held by IDGC, unless you specifically indicate that IDGC can share it with the third party sponsor.
For third party sponsored content and events
IDGC partners with third party sponsors to make available a large library of content to our users, such as white papers, professional events (live or online), as well as other business services or offers. In return for access to such offers, we may ask you to provide us with personal data as part of the registration.
We may use your personal data to send you the business offer you request. In addition, your personal data may be shared with the third party sponsor(s) of the offer to communicate with you regarding the offer. Please note that once your personal data is shared with the sponsor, the sponsor’s privacy policy, including information on how to opt-out in the future, will apply to your personal data.
In the event of new ownership
If part or all the ownership of IDGC or any of its products or services are sold or transferred, your personal data will be transferred to the new owner.
International Data Transfers
This section shall apply to any personal data collected by IDGC from EU residents.
If IDGC shares your personal data within the IDG Communications Publishing Network or with any other third party as described in this privacy policy and your personal data will be transferred to a State which is not a Member State of either the European Union or the EEA, or deemed adequate by the European Commission, IDGC (as a data controller/data exporter) will only conduct such transfer (to a data processor/data importer) if there are suitable safeguards in place, such as binding corporate rules, standard contractual clauses, approved Codes of Conduct, or approved certification mechanism. For more information, please contact IDGC’s Data Protection Officer (See contact details below).
Firefox: Not dead yet!
Firefox didn’t move its share needle last month; it stayed at the same 7.2% mark it earned in September. That meant Firefox didn’t gain any ground. It also meant it didn’t lose any, probably its most important goal for now and the foreseeable future.
Mozilla’s browser also stuck to the bad news forecast of last month, although Computerworld‘s current prediction puts it under 6% in August 2021, two months later than last month’s estimate. At its 12-month rate of decline, Firefox will dip below 5% in May 2022.
Elsewhere in Net Applications’ numbers, Apple’s Safari slumped by two-tenths of a percentage point in October, sliding to 3.4%. Opera Software’s Opera fell by a slightly-larger three-tenths of a point to end the month at an all-time low of seven-tenths of a point.
Net Applications calculates share by detecting the agent strings of the browsers used to reach the websites of Net Applications’ clients. The company counts visitor sessions to measure browser activity.
Or it used to.
At the same time it published October’s share numbers, Net Applications announced that it’s pulling the plug on the data source. «October 2020 is the last month of data,» the firm said. «Why? An upcoming change in browsers will break our device detection technology and will cause inaccuracies for a long period of time.»
The change Net Applications cited would remove much of the agent string information used not only to compile analytics such as browser and operating system share, but also by advertisers and/or scammers to «fingerprint» individuals so that they can be more thoroughly tracked as they conduct their online lives.
Computerworld has not yet decided whether to continue the «Top web browsers» series, and if so, which alternate data source might be used.
Stay tuned.
How can we help? Getting in touch
Questions, concerns or complaints:
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about IDGC’s personal data practices or this privacy policy, we encourage you to get in touch with our Data Protection Officer.
If you believe you have suffered harm due to a breach of your rights by IDGC under this privacy policy, and IDGC has not handled your complaint in a reasonably sufficient manner, any EU resident may also file a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority.
The contact information for IDGC’s Data Protection Officer is:
Mr. Shane Lyster
c/o IDG Direct
Millennium House
Great Strand Street
Dublin 1
IrelandGDPR@idgcommunications.com
IDGC has also designated a Representative in the EU:
IDG Communications Media AG
Lyonel-Feininger-Strasse 26
Munich 80807
GermanyGDPRrepresentative@idgcommunications.com
Mailing address
Should you choose to notify us of any of the above preferences by postal service, here is our address:
IDG Communications, Inc.
c/o Member Services
140 Kendrick Street, Building B
Needham, MA 02494
U.S.A.Download Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 February 2023
What we do with the personal data we collect
We use the personal data that we collect to communicate with you, deliver what you request, improve our service, and to present other information and business offers that may be of interest.
To communicate with you
We may use your personal data to send you important notices, such as communications about your registration, transactions, and changes to IDGC’s terms, conditions, policies, and/or other internal purposes.
To deliver what you request
We may use your personal data to provide the products, content or services you request. If you enter a sweepstake, contest, or similar IDGC promotion, we may use your personal data to administer such promotion.
To improve our service
We may use your personal data for auditing, data analysis, and research to improve IDGC’s products, content and services.
To present offers that may be of interest to you
We may contact you to offer you additional IDGC or third party products, content or services that may be of interest to you. When we contact you regarding any such business offers, your personal data continues to be held by IDGC, unless you specifically indicate that IDGC can share it, such as when you tell us you wish to receive a business offer from one of our third party sponsors.
Use of this website
This privacy policy describes the information we collect from you and how it may be stored and processed in the United States of America and across the IDG Communications Publishing Network as described below.
This website, and associated IDGC events and publications provide products, content, and services for a professional and consumer audience and is not intended for individuals under the age of 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect or store personal data provided by anyone under 13 years of age.
If you are a European Union (EU) resident, please note that there are a number of provisions in this privacy policy that apply uniquely to you.
If you are a California (US) consumer, please note there are a number of provisions in this privacy policy that also apply uniquely to you.
Chrome’s hidden screenshot secret
Before we get into the meat of this spicy tech sandwich, a quick but important word of warning: This Chrome screenshot capturing method takes you into some areas of the browser where regular folk shouldn’t do much pokin’. The command is tucked away within the Chrome developer tools section, and there’s plenty of advanced stuff in there that could mess up your browsing session if you aren’t careful. Stick to this one specific set of instructions, though — and don’t poke or prod anywhere else in that area — and you oughta be fine.
Cool? Cool. All right — here’s the simple, hassle-free, and extension-free shortcut for capturing a screenshot in Chrome:
- Press Ctrl-Shift-I (or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac).
- Press Ctrl-Shift-P (or Cmd-Shift-P on a Mac).
- Type the word screenshot.
And that’s pretty much it. You’ll see a series of screenshot options appear in a panel on the right side of the screen. All that’s left is to figure out which one you want:
- If you want to capture a specific area of the current page, just hit Enter; that’ll select the default option of «Capture area screenshot,» which will then allow you to draw a box around the area you want to save.
- If you want to capture the entire page, as if you were scrolling from the very top to the very bottom, hit the down arrow once and select «Capture full size screenshot.»
- If you want to capture a screenshot only of the current visible area, hit the up arrow once; that’ll take you to the «Capture screenshot» option.
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There’s also a fourth option, «Capture node screenshot,» but you probably won’t want to mess with that.
Whatever screenshot you capture will show up as a regular image file download along the bottom of your browser window; you can then open the file by double-clicking it right there or by looking in your Chrome downloads folder.