E-mail addresses are another area of concern. It is wise to not spread your e-mail address around any more than you have to. Before giving your e-mail address to a Web site for the purpose of signing up for newsletters of placing orders, etc., you might want to read the site s privacy policy. They should assure you that they will not sell or share your address with other vendors. The main concern here is not fraud but rather spam.
Many members use alternative free e-mail accounts for signing up for newsletters.
That way, if the spammers latch onto it at least it is separate from their personal e-mail and they may even choose to close out that account and open a new one. Personal information availability on the Internet is another privacy issue. The county has its voter registration database and its tax collector s database conveniently online. Well it may be more convenient for people to sit at their computer and browse through all of their neighbors business but the information has always been available by going to the court house and looking through the same data. The Internet is not a cesspool of corruption and crime.