personal information

[Barry Karas]

15-Jan-06

There are various websites that require personal information such as
e-mail address, postal address, etc. How can I be sure that my
information will not be passed around? [I am reluctant to
enroll/register for many [if not most] sites because of this doubt.]

If there is no easy answer, how do you deal with this problem?

Thank you,

Barry Karas

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Read the privacy policy of the web site. If they don't have one, don't give
them any info.

Tom

 

[GTS]

You're wise to be concerned about these. Set up a junk Email account at
Hotmail or Yahoo to be used specifically for this purpose. I don't know
where you're seeing the frequent requests for a postal address, but if it's
not for a legitimate business purpose (in which case your should check the
sites privacy policy), simply use a fictitious postal address.