Identity Safe Login Change

Logging in to my Identity Safe now requires first logging in to my Norton Account.

Why? I never asked to set up Identity Safe to use the cloud, nor do I want it to.

How can I get IS to revert to the earlier behavior of just requiring the Vault password? I've looked at all the settings I can find for IS and none seem to be relevant.

I've not uninstalled/reinstalled NIS or the OS. Just installed the updates as available for NIS and selected Win7 ones, to avoid the spyware that MS is now trying to put into 7. Nor did I make any settings changes to NIS.

NIS 22.5.2.15 Win7 Pro 64-bit