The Mission of JUNKBUSTERS

...is to free the world from junk communications

We give you the tools to stop junk

Our web site is one of the world's most comprehensive collections of information about junk messages and how to stop them. We want everyone to know how to enforce their ``right to be let alone.'' We also alert you about to threats to your privacy from direct marketers.

The Internet Junkbuster helps you control commercial communications to your web browser.
We also give you new ways to use your browser to control other kinds of junk, but bringing up sample opt out letters to tell companies to stop sending you junk.

What we don't do

We don't take money from consumers

We will never charge you a cent. We believe that ``the right to be let alone'' ought to be a fundamental human right, and that nobody should ever have to pay to maintain it. We do not ask for and we do not accept any form of payment from consumers. Please be suspicious of any message pretending to be from us that does. People have asked us if we accept donations: we don't; we suggest instead donating to the non-profit EPIC and noting ``suggested by Junkbusters'' on the check.

We don't give legal advice

Although we use the word ``client'' to describe the people who use our services at no charge, we are not advising you or acting for you in a legal sense. We encourage direct marketers to comply with your instructions, but we cannot force them to obey. We do not give legal advice: we are a communications company, not a law firm. We're just delivery boys.

We aren't a non-profit organization

It may not look like we are trying to make money, but we do.

The form for creating your JUNKBUSTERS DECLARATION gives you the choice to reveal as little as your name, address and whether you permit unsolicited mail. The vast majority of our clients take advantage of the option to state once and for all what kinds of organizations they are willing hear from.

We don't try to influence your opinions

You will never see a paid advertisement on our Web site. (There are barely even any graphics.) We offer no incentives to our clients to allow any organization to send them mail. We don't make solicitations and we don't endorse products. We may provide assessments of a company's respect for its customers' privacy, but we do not pass judgment on other aspects of any commercial organization's goods or services. You decide what's junk. ^SM We just help you tell direct marketers about your decisions, and provide information on what you can do if your privacy is invaded by abusive marketers.

We aren't opposed to direct marketing, just its unwanted messages

Most people like some but not all of the commercial mail they get. They are happy to receive the right offer in the right way. But they resent having to deal with grossly inappropriate solicitations, particularly the second or third time. It's the waste of resources that we are trying to stop, especially the waste of people's time spent handling these messages, which they feel powerless to stop.

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