Freeserve Founder Launches 'Freedom' Browzar; New Internet Browzar Allows Private Web Surfing While Protecting Personal Data

Freeserve founder, Ajaz Ahmed, has launched his next
global freebie, Browzar, a new internet browser which allows people
worldwide to surf the Web without leaving a history of websites
visited and protects against leaving personal details on the computers
they use to access the internet.
The launch of Browzar (www.browzar.com) comes after AOL employees
published personal search histories of 685,000 of its US customers and
recent research found one in five second hand computers are resold
with personal data left on them by previous owners (a).
Free and downloadable in seconds or run directly from the Web,
Browzar does not require any installation or registration and doesn't
save information from any websites visited while using it. Cache,
history, cookies and auto-complete forms are all automatically
deleted, protecting people's privacy while online.
If you want to know what people using your computer have been
searching for, just click in the box in your search engine, it'll
probably make very interesting reading. If you double click in
Browzar, you'll get no list of search terms.
Ajaz Ahmed, founder of Browzar, said: "Browzar will do for surfing
and searching the web with privacy what eBay did for auctions and My
Space did for social networking. It is the first in a range of
products that we'll be rolling out this year.
"We divulge masses of information about our habits, hobbies and
financial dealings while online, often unknowingly, and there are
times when all of us would rather this was kept private. Using
Browzar, anyone worldwide can surf the Web privately in the knowledge
that no-one will stumble across the sites they have visited when using
the same computer.
"You can use Browzar through your existing internet window to run
it directly from the Web, so you don't even need to download it to the
computer you use. If using a shared computer, it gives you peace of
mind that you are not leaving personal details behind after you have
finished surfing the Web."
We divulge personal and financial information online creating a
risk to our privacy and security as standard internet browsers store
this information on their computer and can display it to other people
who may use the same machine.
Ahmed said: "Although it's possible to delete history folders and
empty cache with existing internet browsers, the majority of internet
users worldwide don't have the time or expertise to do this.
"There is no free, method that offers the freedom to surf the Web
privately that is as simple and easy to use as Browzar. It doesn't
keep copies of pages that have been visited or retain details that
have been entered into online forms."
Browzar embodies Ahmed's trademark approach to technology. Having
worked on the shop floor of Dixons for 16 years prior to the success
of Freeserve, Ahmed has a unique understanding of the consumer
mindset. Freeserve was a European Internet Service Provider (ISP)
which gave Internet access for free to people who bought a computer
from Dixons and sold to Wanadoo for GBP 1.6billion .
Both Freeserve and Browzar translate complicated technology into
simple, people-friendly internet tools with mass appeal, given away to
people completely free.
Ahmed's inspired 'free' business model pioneered by Freeserve and
employed by Browzar has become a standard across the internet industry
as a whole. ISPs, telephone, broadband and social networking companies
have all adopted the 'free' model.
Ajaz Ahmed added: "Browzar is free, quick and simple to use so it
has global appeal and is something that everyone who accesses the
internet will have a use for.
"Browzar means that even those with limited time or computer
knowledge can choose to surf the internet privately while protecting
their personal details."
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Notes to editors:

System requirements for Browzar

Browzar can be run from almost any computer that is connected to
the internet. The computer must be running at least Windows 95 and
Internet Explorer 5 - that's it.

How to use Browzar

Browzar can be started in two ways:

-- It takes just seconds by visiting www.browzar.com and clicking
on the download icon to easily and simply save it to your
computer's hard drive or to a USB memory stick. Browzar does
not need to be installed, it runs straight from the file you
download, just go to where you saved it, click on the Browzar
icon and surf privately.

-- If you do not want to save a copy of Browzar, perhaps because
you are not using your own computer, you can start the
programme from the download page at www.browzar.com when you
click on the download link just choose to run the file rather
than saving it to your disk.

(a) Research by BT, the University of Glamorgan in Wales and Edith
Cowan University in Australia.