In which
ways may I protect my privacy on the Internet and within FreeSpeechStore.com?
Know the risks. When you
communicate with others online, you should be aware that, when
disclosing personal information such as one's actual name, member
name, e-mail address, etc., on a web page, in a speech forum,
or in any area of our site, that information may be collected
and used by others to send a person unsolicited e-mail from other
parties, outside FreeSpeechstore.com Some of the e-mail you receive
may be useful to you, but some may not be. TheFreeSpeechStore.com
cannot prevent information gathering robots called "harvesters"
from traversing our domain, but in an effort to curtail unsolicited
e-mail, we do our best to block these harvesters. You should also
be aware that, although FreeSpeechStore.com respects the privacy
of your e-mail messages, it makes no representation, warranties
or commitments concerning our ability to keep your e-mail messages
private.
Educate yourself. Search the
Web for as much information as you can about how to protect your
privacy. Look for a privacy statement in the sites you visit.
One good place to start is at TRUSTe -- an independent, non-profit
privacy initiative dedicated to building users' trust and confidence
in the Internet.
Tell your children: "Never
talk to strangers!" Tell them to not give out their names
or other personal information. They should also be instructed
not to fill out any forms or register at any domain without your
knowledge and consent.
Use PGP (Pretty Good Privacy
at www.pgp.com)
or another encryption program.
Understand the relative ease
involved in cracking a password. Recognize, too, the necessity
of inconvenience when passwords are involved, such as when you
have to enter passwords with weird characters with those very
long and awkward keystroke combinations. We only give member account
passwords to the e-mail address that a given member account is
registered to. To prevent access to your FreeSpeechStore.com account
by anyone who should not have access, never give your password
out to anyone, and always log out when working at a public computer.
If someone claims to represent FreeSpeechStore.com in an e-mail
or a forum and asks for your FreeSpeechStore.com password, do
not honor the request. We never ask for passwords, except on our
site in the places you need to access our system.
