Remove Hidden Data & Metadata From Your Attachments With
ConfidentSend™
Data Leakage Prevention Add-on for Microsoft Outlook® and Mozilla Thunderbird™
Hidden
Data FAQ
learn about hidden data & metadata, the risks they pose, and how our products can
remedy themConfidentSend™ is the most comprehensive, user friendly
and fast solution for removing hidden data & metadata from E-mail attachments.
Hidden data stored in many popular file types may contain confidential and private
information that when exposed can cause you and your organization embarrassment
with possible financial and legal implications.
ConfidentSend™ can remove hidden data from Microsoft Office® documents (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint), OpenOffice.org documents, PDF documents, and popular image and media
file types such as JPEG, PNG, and SVG. ConfidentSend™ can remove hidden data from
files even if they are compressed within ZIP files.
ConfidentSend™ seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Outlook® or with Mozilla Thunderbird™
email clients, inspects and cleans the attachments of each and every outgoing email.
ConfidentSend™ also warns the user when sensitive content is found in the e-mail
message and its attachments.
With ConfidentSend™ you can free yourself and your organization from the worry of
unintentional sensitive data leakage through the hidden data stored in email attachments.
“ Lawyers, especially, must be concerned about confidentiality of communications.
ConfidentSend is an easy to use, inexpensive, and comprehensive, software solution
to this problem. ”
-- Richard M. "Rick" Georges, FutureLawyer. (more reviews)
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Using ConfidentSend™ to Remove Hidden Data & Metadata
When an email is being sent, ConfidentSend™ prompts the user for hidden data types
to be removed from the attachments. ConfidentSend™ then inspects the attachments
and removes these hidden data types. ConfidentSend™ can also be configured to clean
attachments automatically without prompting the user.
Supported Formats & Hidden Data Types
The following table summarizes the hidden data types that Digital Confidence DataDistiller™
Engine, which powers ConfidentSend™, is able to remove. For detailed explanation,
see the DataDistiller™ Engine
page.
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Supported File Formats |
Extensions |
Supported Hidden Data Types |
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Microsoft® Word Document |
.docx;.docm |
Document Properties; Comments; Tracked Changes;
Hidden Text; Custom XML |
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Microsoft Excel® Workbook |
.xlsx;.xlsm |
Document Properties; Comments; Tracked Changes; Custom XML |
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Microsoft PowerPoint® Presentation |
.pptx;.pptm |
Document Properties; Comments; Slide Notes; Custom XML |
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OpenDocument Text |
.odt |
Document Properties; Comments; Tracked Changes; Versions |
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OpenDocument Spreadsheet |
.ods |
Document Properties; Comments; Tracked Changes; Versions |
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OpenDocument Presentation |
.odp |
Document Properties; Slide Notes; Versions |
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OpenDocument Graphics |
.odg |
Document Properties; Versions |
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PDF Document (partial support*) |
.pdf |
Metadata (including XMP) |
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AVI Video |
.avi |
INFO; XMP; Other Hidden Data |
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JPEG Image |
.jpeg;.jpg |
EXIF (including thumbnail); Photoshop image resources (including IPTC-NAA); XMP;
Comments; ICC Profile; Other Hidden Data |
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JPEG 2000 Image |
.jp2 |
Metadata (including native metadata, XMP, and other hidden data) |
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WAVE / BWF Audio |
.wav |
INFO; EXIF; Broadcast Audio Extension; axml; iXML; XMP; ID3; Cart Chunk; Other Hidden
Data |
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PNG Image |
.png |
Metadata (including XMP) |
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SVG Graphics |
.svg;.svgz |
Metadata |
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MP3 Audio |
.mp3 |
ID3 Metadata (including XMP) |
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MP4 File |
.mp4;.m4a
.m4v;.m4b |
Metadata (including native metadata, XMP, and other hidden data) |
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3GP File |
.3gp |
Metadata |
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F4V File |
.f4v |
Metadata (including native metadata, XMP, and other hidden data) |
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AIFF Audio |
.aif;.aiff |
Native Metadata; ID3; Other Hidden Data |
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XML/XSD/XSL |
.xml;.xsd;.xsl |
Comments |
System Requirements
Required Hardware:
600 MHz processor
256 MB RAM
40 MB free disk space
Required Software:
Microsoft® .NET Framework v2.0
(or later version. If not present, the setup program
will direct the user to its free download page)
Supported Operating Systems:
Windows® 7
Windows Vista®
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (or later version)
Windows Server® 2008
Windows Server® 2003
Windows® 2000 Service Pack 3
Windows® ME
Windows® 98 Second Edition
Windows® 98
Supported E-mail Clients:
Microsoft Outlook® 2003/2007/2010
Mozilla Thunderbird™ 1.5 (or later version)
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Key Features & Benefits
- Comprehensive - ConfidentSend™ can remove more than 50 types of hidden data
from 20 file types, more than any other solution on the market today.
- ZIP Cleaning - ConfidentSend™ is able to remove hidden data from files even
if they are compressed within ZIP files.
- Content Inspection - ConfidentSend™ can find sensitive contents in the email
message and its attachments (Word, PowerPoint, OpenOffice) by using regular expressions,
and warn the user.
- Automatic Mode - ConfidentSend™ can be configured to clean attachments automatically
without prompting for purification options.
- Whitelist - Recipients for which email attachments should not be cleaned
can be specified.
- Easy to Use - ConfidentSend™ has a very simple & straightforward user interface.
- Fast - ConfidentSend™ is fast and highly efficient with resource use.
- Seamless Integration - ConfidentSend™ seamlessly integrates with Microsoft
Outlook® or with Mozilla Thunderbird™.
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