The webpage content under the heading Important Information about your Virgin Media Email Address and Google will be of interest to anyone who set up a Google account using an NTL or Virgin Media email address.

The changes Google made to its privacy policy on 1 March 2012 have been the subject of a lot of media discussion in recent weeks. The pieces at

• http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57368016-285/how-to-prevent-google-f..., and
• http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57388626-285/five-ways-googles-unifi...

may be of interest to anyone who is wondering how the changes affect them. One article explains how to opt out of the new policy's "Targeted Advertising".