Defintion: Spyware

A technology that assists in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge. On the Internet, "spyware is programming that is put in someone's computer to secretly gather information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties." As such, spyware is cause for public concern about privacy on the Internet. 
 

Encoding your email addressSpyware

This form allows you to convert your email address (or any other text) into ASCII code thus preventing spammers 'stealing' email address's from companies website.