Sorry for the long silence, but I am not technically up to doing what some of you tried to help with. However, I have installed the latest update today, which went ok but still have to same entry on page 2 of Energy saving and privacy -
"To access your privacy settings, please visit
https://www.kobo.com/privacy
I can't believe that fact that the kobo is not registered with Adobe Digital editions has anything to do with it.
I've given up worrying about it to be honest as everything else works ok