Privacy Protection

Information on this page covers all of the "other" types of Internet security and privacy products including Ad-Blocking, Browsers, Browser Clean-Up, Cookie Managers, Email Privacy, Multiple Features, Password Manager & Form Filler, Private Browsing, Web Bugs, and Privacy Resource Sites.

Basic Internet security measures including ISP online filters, firewall, and virus, Trojan, worm, spyware and spam protection are only the beginning. For families, software to protect kids is needed. If you keep sensitive personal information and/or documents on your computer, they should be password protected or encrypted. If you dislike the idea of companies tracking your surfing habits, you need software to erase your browser tracks and manage cookies. If you prefer to install fewer products with more features, take a look at our page on Internet security suites or other products with multiple features on this page.

Important Real World Privacy Tools

• National Do Not Call Registry
• Stop pre-approved credit offers
• Stop junk mail (snail mail not email)
• Free annual credit reports
• World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs July 22, 2007

Articles

• Thwarting Identity Theft, Matthew Sarrel, PC Magazine, August 22, 2008
• Seven Surefire Ways to Become an ID Theft Victim, Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness, April 21, 2008
• Secure Your Email and IM Communications, David Cardinal, PC Magazine, March 7, 2008
• To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You and How Do They Track You? Let Us Count the Ways, Louise Story, New York Times, March 9/10, 2008
• Tips on protecting yourself at tax time, Marshall Loeb, McClatchy Newspapers, The Express-Times, March 8, 2008
• Does Your Security Suite Also Protect Your Privacy? Erik Larkin, PC World, February 26, 2008
• Five Ways to Defend Your Online Reputation, Dan Tynan, PC World, February 22, 2008
• Junk mail: how to make it stop, Alyson Ward, Seattle Times, September 26, 2007
• Protect Your Identity, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, May 22, 2007