# Privacy & tracking protection

Opening an email shouldn't tell the sender where you are or when you read it. Here's what FlareMail blocks, and how to tune it.

3 min read. HTML: https://sendwithflare.com/help/privacy-and-tracking/

FlareMail protects you from the quiet surveillance baked into a lot of email. These controls live in **Settings → Privacy** and are on by default.

- **Block remote images** — stops emails loading external images until you choose to. A “Load images” banner appears instead.
- **Tracking pixel protection** — detects and blocks invisible 1×1 pixels senders use to see when you open a message.
- **Link tracking warnings** — flags links that use redirect-based tracking before you click them.

> **TIP:** Leave these on for maximum privacy. You can always load images for a single trusted message with the banner button.