Sneakily Does It: Survey Reveals 1 in 5 Men Have A Secret Email Account

How would you react if you found out that your man had a secret email account? We’re only asking because a new survey has revealed that one in five men have a private email account that they use to hide correspondence from their partner.

The survey, which was carried out by BullGuard, revealed that millions of men keep an email account that they opened years ago and now use it to stay in touch with an ex-girlfriend or somebody their current partner doesn’t like. Sneaky, much?

But it gets even more worrying, with some men admitting that they deliberately set up the email account because they were having an affair and didn’t want their partner to know about it. While some men stated that they were simply keeping various financial issues secret from their partner.

One in twenty men who were questioned admitted to buying a second mobile phone to ensure their privacy was protected. And a whopping 77 per cent of the men surveyed said that they regularly deleted text messages they had received just in case their wife or girlfriend decided to have a ‘snoop’ through their inbox.

Does your partner have a secret, private email account?

“Of course there are legitimate security concerns that might involve someone setting up a second email address, or clearing browser history,” said Mike Hodges, a spokesman for BullGuard.

“We would hope that in most cases this is being done for moral reasons for example to help avoid phishing scams and not because people are being unfaithful or up to no good,” he added.

The survey also discovered that 20 per cent of men who keep their secondary email accounts private, said that there were certain aspects of their lives that their partner just didn’t need to know about. Nice right?

A quarter of men also admitted that the reason why they deleted their internet browsing history is because they would be left red-faced if someone went through their previous Google searches.

We’re curious about women though – do you have a private email account that your partner doesn’t know about?