Privacy pollution is similar to air pollution. Smalls elements of contamination build a combination of unpleasant effects. The best example is SPAM. It's unsignificant to receive one SPAM but certain people receive a lot of unsolicited e-mail, phone calls or letters each week. The advertisement and all these bad aspects become omnipresent in our lives. Some people are so submerged by SPAM that they spend an incredible time to clear their mailbox.Another aspect linked to the SPAM process is the identity theft. Several evil-minded spammers use your personally identifying information, like your name, Social Security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. The last estimations rapports that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year ! There are differents methods to steal your identity : Dumpster Diving, Skimming, Phishing, Changing your address,Old-Fashioned stealing or Pretexting.
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