Experts say email is forever, but how easy it is to preserve or get rid of them depends on how many copies there are, where they are and who has them. Assume that anything you put in writing could not be private, and even if your provider deletes it, it may not mean that it can’t be found. Experts say encryption is not bulletproof experts note that its effectiveness depends in part on the key/password/password used to encrypt messages. While it is possible to destroy email permanently, it takes an extraordinary amount of control and tracking that is not feasible.”]