If so, here are some tips on how to cover your tracks online.
Many Web sites collect a vast amount of personal information from and about consumers.
Sometimes there isn t much you can do about this, especially if you want to avail yourself of the information or services a particular Web site has to offer. But you always have a choice about what you wish to reveal about yourself, and there are ways to protect your privacy online. In the first case, cookies collect data, such as the operating system and Web browser you are using, and return it to the web site. In the second case, the site may plant a cookie in your PC to identify you when you come and go. Further, if you filled out a registration form with personal information, such as your name and e-mail or regular mailing address, the site almost certainly maintains this information in a database.