Your Email Privacy is at Risk!

Email Privacy is Becoming More and More of a Problem

Your Problem: Did you know that in the majority of cases, if you use free email accounts, it can be 100% legal for someone to read your emails and access your account? Email security and privacy is a growing problem and it's only going to get worse, even if you don't use free email accounts.

The Solution: Spyware removal software can help protect you from unknowingly giving someone your email account passwords. It's also up to you to choose an email provider wisely; read below for more details.

The Results: Using quality spyware removal software and choosing email providers wisely, you can dramatically increase your email security and privacy.

Email Privacy at Home

I bet that nearly everyone reading this has a free email account. Some of the more common free email companies include:

• Hotmail
• Yahoo
• Gmail

Check Their Privacy Policy

It's very important to check the privacy policies of any free service. If you don't, you could be unknowingly giving permission for someone to read your emails.

What Many Privacy Policies State

The majority of privacy policies state, that since they are offering a free service they retain the right to keep copies of your information, remove correspondence if you have exceeded your limit of space, or even periodically check your information and messages if they have reason to believe something may be amiss.

Basically, you are giving them permission to access your account at anytime, for basically any reason. This is one of the downsides to free email accounts.

Should You be Worried?

This doesn't mean they are checking your email and going through it on a daily basis. For the majority of people, you have nothing to worry about. It does, however, give them permission to access your account if they see the need to do so. But the question must be asked, 'When do they see the need?'

Keeping Your Email Secure

• If you are looking for a more secure email with much more privacy you may want to stick to email services that you usually get when you pay for a web domain. Email service via your ISP is also more secure than free services.
• Choose a password that has a combination of letters and numbers. This will make it much harder for anyone outside the service provider to gain access to your account.
• Above all, read the email privacy policy and make sure you agree with it before you use the service!

Email Privacy at Work

If you are a big fan of surfing the net or sending private emails while at work to pass the time I suggest being very careful about what you say while you're there. It does not matter if you are on the clock or not. If the computer is owned by the company you work for, you may be monitored anytime you use the computer.

How Can They Do This?

From a legal standpoint the computer belongs to your boss or the company you work for and therefore they have the right to look at any files located on it, place monitoring software on it, and track anything that is done on that system. This means that your email can be read at any time.

This is why I suggest you never send private emails using your company computers. I also suggest not logging onto any web based email service. Although, your company cannot legally access your emails sent and received from these services, they do have the legal right to block access to any of them if they feel it's being misused or negatively affecting company productivity.

What About Internet Access?

This can also be blocked, restricted and fully monitored. The company can legally use any form of monitoring software to track everything you do on the internet without telling you.

This means they can block access to email service providers, sport sites, adult material, chat rooms or anything else the company feels does not directly benefit the company.

My Suggestions

• Be very careful about what you do on any company computer because people lose their jobs all the time when they think no one is looking.
• If you are hoping to find true email privacy the best bet is to read the privacy policies to see which email providers offer the most leniencies and the most privacy, but don't expect full privacy.
• Simply do not send/receive private emails at work.
• Don't send threatening, spam, or any other forms of email to anyone who may find it offensive. Every email can be traced back to the sender whether you are at home or at work.

My Final Thoughts

• If you're at home choose an email service provider wisely and always use an anti-spyware program
• If you are using a good anti-spyware program that promotes internet security, you will be able to find and remove spyware, while also stopping phishing attempts, and even preventing some spam.

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