Some Web sites understand that visitors are concerned and have begun to provide privacy policies detailing how they use information about their visitors. While this practice cannot be the only answer to privacy online, we should encourage it. When you go to a site that has no policy, write them and tell them that you are a user of their site, your privacy is important to you and you would like to see them post a policy. Even if you send the message from your house, the message travels through many computers and a copy is often stored on your work's main computer server. Legally, your boss can read any of the email in this account or on your work computer at any time.
Some companies have email policies that explain their practices.
Getting a separate account for home allows you to check your personal messages independently and some accounts could even be configured to allow you to check your personal mail from work without downloading it onto your work computer. Recent reports have shown that some online sites encourage children to give information about themselves or their family. Some even entice kids with games and free gifts. In 1998, a law was passed requiring companies to gain parent's consent before collecting personal information from children. This is to make browsing faster, but it has the disadvantage of leaving a trail of where you have been on the computer.