The contents of the original file are not actually destroyed until the Operating System stores a new file in the same space. Given the size of today's Hard Drives it can be quite some time before the Operating System actually overwrites the original data. WinBleach Lite makes this nasty problem go away. WinBleach Lite is a light weight interface designed to securely remove file from the Windows Operating System. Files deleted through WinBleach Lite have their contents over written before they are deleted.
Data recovery becomes all but impossible for even the most sophisticated of hackers.
As consumer's move from page to page within a web-site, companies discovered a legitimate need to track their movement. This was achieved by getting the user's machine to store small pieces of data. An affectionate term for what was originally a rather harmless item. Over the last few years several companies discovered that these cookies can be used to track consumer's between different sites. Through the careful manipulation of inter-net protocols it became possible for large conglomerates to pool these pieces of data and create consumer reports based on an individual's movements.