Is it safe to send personal information in an email?

Is it safe to send personal information in an email?

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Sending personal information, or credit information, in an email, is more or less safe, but there are certainly precautions that you can take. If you are going to send, for instance, credit card information, split it up into two or three different emails. Don't send all of the information in one email. Send most of the credit card number in the first mail, the balance of that number and part of the expiration date in the second email, and the balance of the expiration date and the security code in the third email. Chances are when it's split up like that there are too many messages being sent at any given second of the day, for anyone to capture any of that information. Again you ought to evaluate the source. Who are you sending this to?