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We collect personal information on this site.By law what exactly does that encompass?

Many sites claim this including this one.I know that this means they can immediately snag your e mail address and IP address because Ive visited sites that spammed me stating I visited at such and such a time with IP*******.

What other things are Internet sites pemitted to do according to this disclaimer since I know e mail is not protected by the same laws as postal mail,(I think at least)?

Please answer only if you know.Also if you know good adware software that can defeat this practice.I have ADAware 6 and Norton utilities.

I'm sick of getting spammed just for doing searches.

Update:

Now a big giant YA troll is sending me abusive messages claiming I'm asking this because I have two accounts.Of course I already know Yahoo! can see that information.She sends me messages then unsubscribes from receiving them.I believe that's a violation,isn't it?

Too bad for her there's no spell check in the message system as she spelled everything wrong.I don't need two accounts or want them.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Sites can collect any information they wish. If you volunteer information such as name and address, they can then hold that information. Generally in law there are no restrictions on what they can do with that - they can sell their lists to spammers for example.

    Usually, providing the information is part of the cost to you of the service - often (as in Yahoo!) this is the ONLY cost to you.

    If you don't supply unique, identifiable information, there isn't much they can collect electronically. IP address, type of browser you used, where you are (approximately - derived from IP address and your ISP). It would be illegal to access your computer to discover more information (and they would have to install software on your computer to do that).

    If you pay for a service by credit card, they can potentially keep that information on file too.

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