Unwanted Links is devoted to raising consumer awareness
about consumer privacy and the problems of spyware and adware
programs. We have nothing to sell, we only wish to provide web
surfers with information about the various spyware programs that
might be affecting their privacy & putting them at risk.
These types of programs might have been installed
without their knowledge or permission and generally cannot
be found with Anti-virus programs.
So, what is all this nonsense about spyware?
The problem is that many of these spyware programs
can capture and transmit your personal data some of which may
include your name, home address, email addresses, date of birth,
social security number, as well as possibly your drivers license
& credit card numbers, as well as financial information &
medical information.
Most of these programs are connected to giant marketing
companies that utilize these types of programs to monitor your
buying and spending habits as you surf the internet. The information
gathered is then stored in data bases and can then possibly be
sold to third parties.
No Way you say! -- That is impossible!
Unfortunately, we seem to have fallen into a new age of high
tech and totally unethical advertising and marketing practices
where innocent consumers are misled about the hidden features
which are bundled with in many free downloadable software products
that they might download from the internet in addition to the
many other programs that can get installed while surfing the internet.
These new developments and practices has grown at an alarming
rate and has stirred up a tremendous amount of criticism and controversy
all across the internet community and left large numbers of consumers
and web masters confused about how to combat it.
These new unethical marketing practices can even
impact web site owners by misdirecting viewers to other web sites,
swapping out paid sponsored advertising and even "stealing"
affiliate earnings that rightfully belong to unsuspecting web
site owners.
But isn't that illegal? - Sorry, but right
now it is not!
What is even more frustrating is that there are
very few laws or regulations in place that can address these new
types of unethical practices leaving the web wide open to these
abuses and what little legislation that is currently in place
or pending is getting abandoned or weakened due to the extensive
lobbing of giant marketing companies and big businesses.
Unfortunately few consumers are even aware of the
fact that their rights to privacy are eroding assuming that they
are safe and protected and the vast majority of those that have
heard about spyware do not know who to complain to and therefore
they are remaining silent and not raising complaints.
This is the place to educate your self and
fight back!
We have lots of information to share with you whether
you are a consumer who surfs the web or a web master who's site
is under attack!
We have lots of information about the many types
of spyware programs that are running loose within the internet,
as well as information on how to protect yourself from identity
theft, various web scams to be on the alert for, in addition to
a wide assortment of other news and information that might be
effecting your on and off line privacy and putting you at risk.
On this site you will find out about who is gathering sensitive
and vital information about you and how to protect your web sites
from these high tech "cyber thieves."
Every thing you need is right here! You can even
file a complaint with the FTC and the Better Business Bureau as
well as contact your senators & congressmen directly on line
from this site to let them know how you feel about the abuse of
your privacy and access technical support and information to protect
both your personal computers and your web sites.
