Prodigy Hard Drive Scans

I heard from a friend that Prodigy was scanning user's hard drives. Basically, when you logged on Prodigy made a complete directory of your hard drive and uploaded it. Prodigy was using this to find out what applications you used so they could direct the appropriate advertising towards you. Apparently, they're suffering several lawsuits now because of it. My friend heard this on the trailing end of a radio talk show. If it was really happening, it sounds horrible. Could Secure Drive be set up to stop this kind of attack? Can anyone tell me if this is more than a rumour? If it is more than a rumour, would you be able to point me towards some information about this? -john. jdblair@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu