WHO HAS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS?

I have been considering getting a dummy e-mail, one that I would only use to sign up for services and shop online. I figured that would be a lot of help especially with all the advertisements.I just want to check my email without all the ads and stuff, and I have heard of companies being hacked before but never have I personally been affected until now. I received several emails from different companies that I shopped with online, or done some type of business online with them stating that the company that handles their email address has been compromised and that the ONLY thing that was taken was your email address and they may have had access to your name. The email than goes on to say that it’s not much that they can do but possibly spam your inbox which can be a minor nuisance but nothing to worry about. EXCUSE ME? I don’t like SPAM and you have no idea who accessed it and what kind of SPAM they will sending. So for all you know they could be sending out trojan worms to come for the computers in my home and the names in my address book. That is not a minor nuisance that is putting my computer, pictures, and files in danger. Not to mention money that I will have put into my investment (my computer) if it is compromised due to someone on your end not doing their job. So Epsilon don’t minimize how serious this really is and who is responsible…. WHEW!!! I JUST HAD TO RANT. I get enough spam. Its getting so that I wont be opening any emails on my own computer scared that one is the ticking time bomb…..So be careful of which emails you are opening ,because you don’t know who has your email address.