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We are Defenders of Privacy, formerly known as The Privacy Store, an e-commerce company. We offer different hardware, software and services aimed at privacy protection. We are dedicated to protection of your privacy.
| "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." |
| United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment IV |
Our Constitution is under attack. Our rights and our freedom are being taken away from us. Once the land of freedom, more and more America becomes the police state.
We are criticizing harshly all the abuses committed by our country, but it doesn't mean that we are non-patriotic. In a contrary, we want our country to be better, we are doing something to improve the situation, and, therefore, we are much more patriotic than those who are clapping and chanting thoughtlessly "everything's fine, government is always right".
Every major constitutional right is being eroded. Every major right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights is violated.
It has been happening for long time, but it became absolutely obvious after September, 11. Under a false pretense of war on terrorism, thousands of people of Arabic descent, not suspected of any crime, are being held at secret facilities, just because they might know someone who might know someone who might know someone who might know someone who might know someone. (By the way, this was not written by Arab or Muslim. It was written by Jew.)
A group of Iraqi dissidents, who risked their lives helping our country, are being held by INS for three years. They don't know what are they accused of, and even their lawyers are not allowed to see any evidence or meet any witness. These dissidents are facing certain death if deported back home.
We might continue with examples for much longer, but it is obvious that not much is left from Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
There is no need to explain that our Second Amendment rights are taken away from us.
We will discuss Fourth Amendment, or your right of privacy, in detail below.
Even the Firth Amendment is not sacred any more! Journalist was jailed for six months for refusal to disclose her sources. Not much respect to the rights of press!
Our children are forced to pledge allegiance to "one nation under God", every bank note says "in God we trust", and in court we swear to "tell the truth, so help me God". What about rights of atheists?
In every civilized country the new law cannot be applied backwards. Not in the United States.
According to the Immigration Reform Act of 1996, legal resident aliens who committed certain crimes (in some cases even DUI) can be deported.
INS began deporting people who committed their crimes long before 1996, who arrived into US at the age of 2 and lived here their whole life (see case of Ralph Richardson). There were people deported for drunk driving committed in the early eighties, who lived as model citizen since then. So, some people get deported for drunk driving, while two others became president and vice-president. Equal protection, yes?
These cases were appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. And those Supreme Injustices ruled that deportation is not a punishment, and, therefore, the law can be applied backwards. Do you really think it's not a punishment, especially when deported person who lived the whole life here and doesn't even know the language? What's next? Stripping naturalized citizens off their citizenship? Sending every immigrant back?
More recent example. In January 2003 there was an order issued for all the legal immigrants who recently arrived to the United States from certain countries to report to INS for fingerprinting and special registration. Is this the prorer way to treat our guests? Does any country treat Americans like this?
There are so many rights that need to be protected. Too many for one web site. We decided to concentrate on helping you to protect your privacy.
These days your privacy is a joke. Fourth Amendment, although exists on the books, is not respected by police, prosecutors, courts, banks, insurance, media, your neighbors, hackers, voyeurs, and everyone else with taste for others' dirty laundry
Do you think your medical information is confidential? Think again! If you are involved in an auto accident and brought to the hospital, police will know your blood alcohol content without a warrant! If detectives suspect you or just want to force you to talk, they can get subpoena in a few minutes and find out everything you confided to your psychiatrist or counselor. They can get a warrant just as easy to search your house. And once they discover anything embarrassing, they will not hesitate to disclose it to everyone, including your spouce, your neighbor, your employer, journalists, etc., or use it to blackmail you to get what they need.
Do you think your financial information is private? No!!! For detective it would take just a few minutes to view your credit history and all your credit card transactions, and not much longer to see your bank account statements.
Don't even mention NSA's Echelone that allows them to eavesdrop on all the radio communications outside the US (do you really believe they follow this rule?), or FBI's Carnivore that can intercept all the communications going through ISP, including e-mails and web browsing!
Social Security numbers were once designed to be absolutely private and be used for retirement account only. Today everyone asks for your SSN, including banks, insurance, doctors, lawyers, your child's school, and Drivers License office. Some insurance companies even use your SSN as your insurance ID card number, and some states use it as Driver's License number.
In old days no one even dared to ask anyone except criminals to be fingerprinted. Today many states require fingerprints for Driver's License, and many banks request them also.
Under the same false pretense of war on terrorism, bags are searched or not allowed at many sporting events and fairs, and you cannot even bring nail clippers on an airplane!
What can you do to protect your rights
It seems that there is nothing you can do about it. However, there is. Of course, it's not easy to wrestle with government as powerful as ours. But there are some things that can be done.
First of all, vote! Question every candidate's record on human rights. Know that "tough on crime" means "tough on rights".
You cannot board an airplane or go to the mass event and avoid being searched. What should you do? Hit them where it hurts -- in the pocketbook! Avoid flying as much as possible. Boycott events where bags are searched or not allowed. And let them know what you did. Watch that game on TV! And explain to your children WHY you didn't bring them to the fair. Teach them that their rights are more important than attractions.
Keep your private information private. When filling a questionnaire, leave fields like SSN blank. Reject bank that asks for your fingerprint. Encrypt files on your computer and your e-mail. Don't post your information online.
Don't use credit card or check to buy something that you don't want others to know about. Pay cash.
Don't be a part of oppressive machine. When called for a jury duty, remember, that sometimes police officers lie under oath, detectives and prosecutors conceal exculpatory and mitigating evidence, and judges, instead of being impatrial, always take prosecution's side. Don't be pawns in the government's hands.
We are offering a few products that will help you to protect your privacy. Please, take a look at our main page.
Your total privacy is guaranteed.
We do not intend to list all our products here. Links to our product pages can be found on our home page.
Please, see below what types of products and services can be found at Defenders of Privacy, and which products we will never sell.
Not all of these products are currently available. We are constantly working on adding new products and services.
The products we offer are aimed at privacy protection.
You can expect to find the following products and services here :
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Some products, the ones that are used to
violate peoples' privacy, will NEVER be sold here :
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Please, use Contact us page if you are looking for another type of privacy protection product or service. We are open to your suggestions, and we might add new product if it matches our profile.
Your total satisfaction is guaranteed.
If you are not satisfied with any of our electronic products for any reason, please, return it undamaged, in original packaging for a full refund within 6 months from the day of purchase.
If you are not satisfied with any book for any reason, please, return it undamaged for a full refund within 1 month from the day of purchase.
All our products are backed by a full 1-year warranty.
Please, use manufacturer's warranty first. If the product fails after the manufacturer's warranty expires, but within one year from the day of purchase, please, contact us to request refund or exchange.
Exceptions :
Shrink-wrap software and media can be returned only if it is unopened.
For third-party prodicts, referred here, but sold outside of our web site and paid to third party, such as Evidence Eliminator, please, see it's vendor's web page.
Downloadable software and services are sold "as is", without any warranties, refunds or exchanges.
Please, contact us for details.
Why there are no testomonials from your satisfied
customers?
The whole purpose of our business is privacy of our customers. We never
contact them, we don't collect their names, we even destroy their information after we
fulfill the order, so, we don't even know who they are. It would be completely against our
principles to publish anything they have to say.
Besides, when you see these
testimonials at other sites, you should know that it's a scam. In best case you hear from
one or two happiest customers out of a thousand. In worst case they are actors or
customers bribed to lie.
When you see customers' testimonials on some other site, ask
yourself a question : "Where can I see testimonials from dissatisfied customers?"
I have placed an order, but then I decided to cancel it or
add / change / cancel some services. How can I do it?
It depends on product.
For encryption software and anonymizer e-mail, once we received your payment and applied
it toward some product/service, it is not refundable, and these products/services cannot
be changed.
For Evidence Eliminator, try to find answer on the web site of its manufacturer,
Robin Hood Software, Ltd.
Success is not guaranteed.
For wiretap detector, send us e-mail ASAP using Contact us
page. We will relay your request to the manufacturer. Success is not guaranteed.
How to return or exchange defective product?
Please, use Contact us page to request refund or
exchange.
Can you tell me more about your encryption algorythm? Are you
ever going to publish it?
Sorry, the more is known about it, the easier it is to
break the code. We are definitely not going to publish it.
My question isn't answered there. Where can I find more
information?
You can contact us to ask any questions.
The fastest and most convenient way to do it is by using Contact us page. We will NOT collect any of your personal/contact information you provide, and use it only to answer your question or resolve your problem.
Our mailing address is :
3457 Lark Meadow Way
Dallas, TX 75287-6008
Sorry, we cannot publish our e-mail address and phone/fax number, because we want to prevent the flow of spam mail, junk faxes and telemarketing calls. We don't try to hide it from you, but if you need to know them, please, use Contact us page and request them.