The Tracks You Leave Online

• An email path is one of the traces your online activity creates.
• Cookies attach to your computer which allows websites to monitor your activity.
  How often you visit Search engines, toolbars and what exactly you are searching for is also stored.
• Clicking on ads reports to the parent site your web location, which in turn can be used for targeted marketing.Webmasters will know the address you originate from and which pages you visit on their website.
• Spyware, adware and viruses also monitor your footprints:
• Sending and receiving email generates a trail connecting you, through ISP to your recipient. Your actual email content is also copied!
• The content of instant messages is not private: it is possible for people monitoring network activity to view your messages and trace them to a source.