Tracking protection / tracking pixels

Many marketing emails include tiny images or invisible pixels that, when loaded, inform the sender that you opened the email (and possibly your IP, location, etc.). Also, a bad actor could use techniques like these to spy on you.

Private.Ki takes measures to protect against these:

Remote Image Blocking

By default, Private.Ki likely does not automatically load images or other external content in emails from unknown senders.

We also try to strip identifying query parameters - but this is not completely in our hands, it does not work every time.

Read here how you can load external images in an email safely.

Dynamic content and scripts

Emails sometimes have things like embedded scripts or forms. We do not execute any script in an email, that’s standard. If an email had a link that triggers something on hover (rare in email), we treat it as regular link.

Link tracking

Many marketing messages include unique links designed to track when you click them. Clicking these links may notify the sender that you interacted with their email. While Private.Ki cannot automatically block this type of tracking, we always show you the full link so you can decide whether to click. For added privacy, you can copy the link and open it in a private browser or use other privacy-preserving methods.

No auto read receipts

Some emails also request a read receipt (the email client to send a receipt back). We either ignore those or ask you. We never send read receipts without your knowledge.

Your IP in outgoing emails

We ensure that when you send emails, we do not include your IP address or any other identifying information (besides your @private.ki email address and your display name) in the email headers.