Web sites with advertising that is inappropriate for children such as alcohol, tobacco or adult products. Misleading advertising for phoney money making schemes. Web sites designed to attract children which ask them to provide contact details and information about their parent's salary, purchasing patterns, credit card details or other personal information Sites which solicit email addresses for bulk mailing lists. Private information solicited from children can be sold to direct marketeers or used to tailor advertisements to individuals. Just by posting a message to a newsgroup you can end up with your email address on bulk emailing lists and a deluge of spam clogging up your email.
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They automatically record how you travel around the site and next time you visit the site the navigation will be shaped to match your preferences. Bad cookies can secretly detect your email address and add it to the sites database and it may end up on a bulk emailing list. See more information on avoiding spam for links to sites for programs that block email messages from known spammers. Don't let children give out any personal information, or information about friends or family, without permission. There are numerous unregulated gambling sites on the Internet.