I usually have small mini-pc with at least two ethernet ports and configure it as a transparent bridge sitting between my desktop and the router/switch. Give the bridge a local IP, set up some packet inspection stuff, and you can easily monitor anything and everything going in and out. It's not all I use, but it's one part.
I also run ai models locally and like to verify that things aren't talking to the internet if they aren't supposed to be.
Sometimes searching for a domain and not buying shortly after prompts a domain broker to snatch it up because they figure if someone is interested in enough to search for it, they want to own it so they can profit if you come back and want it later.
Corporations are drivin solely by increasing profits for shareholders. Anything else is just for show or compliance with law, and even that is rare because the fine is almost always miniscule in the grand scheme of things.
Having worked in IT for decades sending millions of emails into an the major inbox providers I can say that unless your brand is being targeted by a coordinated campaign, spending the time to set up processing of both the transaction and forensic emails isn't worth the effort. If you are a smaller shop, consider not spending a great deal of time on it until you actually need it.
Edit to say if sending to Gmail recipients take the time to set up the free Postmaster tools provided by Google to give you the ability to keep an eye on both IP and domain reputation and use "good" content email streams on your lower reputation IPs to bring them back into acceptable ranges while moving transactional emails around to avoid watering down remarks email streams with high-engagement content.
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