An alternative is Eudora, a good e-mail program that doesn't seem to suffer from as many problems. Pay attention There is a wealth of information about your privacy and how to protect it on the Web. The Privacy Foundation is part of the Privacy Center at the University of Denver. The site's chief technology officer is Richard Smith, the man most responsible for media focus on Internet privacy. You can subscribe to his free e-mail tip sheet, which keeps you up to date on the latest attempts to invade your privacy and what you can do to protect yourself.
EPIC is a public interest research center based in Washington.
It offers a great collection of online resources about privacy and also provides information on how you can act politically to motivate your government representatives to protect your privacy. As I said earlier, it may be impossible to totally protect privacy online. But there's no need to throw up your hands and give up. If you use the methods listed above, you'll go a long way toward making your online experience a more private, less intrusive one. Our Site's Privacy Disclosures E-Commerce Alerts are issued by Bennett Gold, Chartered Accountants as situations develop.