Do not reveal personal information inadvertently-In your browser’s “Setup”, “Options” or “Preferences” menus, it would be a good idea to use a pseudonym instead of your real name, and not enter an e-mail address.Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser-They can track which pages you load, which ads you click on, etc., and share this information with all of their client Web sites (who may number in the hundreds, even thousands.)
Keep a “clean” e-mail address-When mailing to unknown parties, it is best to do this from a “side” account, some pseudonymous or simply alternate address, and to use your main or preferred address only on small, members-only lists. Realize you may be monitored at work-employees have little if any privacy protection from monitoring by employers in most US states and many if not most countries.
Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information-it is likely that they are collecting this information for marketing purposes. In many cases your name and address are worth much more to them because they can sell it to other marketers. Do not reply to spammers-This simply confirms that your address is being read by a real person.
Sun, Jun 14, 2009
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