It is the CCnet administrators' job to monitor the CCnet community as a whole. Whenever you are connected to a computer network there is a potential for others to use your network connection to obtain information about you that you may not want to provide. We have set up CCnet to provide the maximum protection from such occurrences. However, in order to allow you a fair amount of personal freedom and choice in computing, it is possible for you to override some of these protections. It will ultimately be up to you to keep privacy and security in mind when using a computer network.
Websites can record information about people who visit the site.
Sometimes this is information you explicitly provide, and sometimes it is simply information that is freely available. For example, when you visit a website, the web server where the site resides can obtain your IP address and can record your actions within the site, such as what sections you view most. All this happens without you doing anything or otherwise being informed. Much of the information you might explicitly provide over the internet, like your name, e-mail address, and phone number, becomes widely available. When you provide information over the web, you have almost no control over what happens to it.