We respect your privacy! This website does not use cookies, does not use intrusive third-party banner advertisements (other than our award banners), does not use tracking, does not use web bugs, does not collect any personal information about you. We do not attempt to gather any detailed information about your computer or to intrude into it in any way. We collect only basic web statistics to determine how often our pages are accessed, which of our pages attract the most attention, and from what domains the interest comes. We do not provide any information to other parties except occasionally to brag about how much interest we are attracting. :)

George Orwell, alas, was a true visionary. Only his timing was slightly off. Big Brother is certainly watching us and will do so more and more as the internet pervades our lives. We urge you to learn more about your dwindling privacy and other rights. Here are a few sites you may wish to visit --

• Privacy.net tells you of some of the threats to your privacy.
• Zonelabs provides free (in most cases) internet firewall software to help you fend off intruders.
• Gibson Research Corporation provides free software (OptOut) and a free service (ShieldsUp!) that helps you determine your vulnerability to internet attacks.
• IDcide provides privacy software to shield you from tracking.
• Epic.org Electronic Privacy Information Center provides a wealth of information about privacy issues.
• Internet Privacy Coalition also provides much privacy information.
• The Web Bug FAQ tells you about "web bugs" that are used to track your internet browsing, and the "Web Bug" search page shows you many examples of how this is done.

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