The problem about Privateers is that they can be everywhere.
Consider high-sec routes between trading hubs and major travling routes to be locked down by them.
Some of them tend to roam alot it gangs of 5+ - you never know where they show up. It seems to be mostly restricted to empire though, as it's easy to gank your haulers there without the risk of neutral involvement.
I guess they chose us because a lot of members rely on trading-alts to buy ships/ammo/equipment from high-sec due to the low average of sec-status accompanied by our nature.
People hate them more than the average pirate. Entering low-sec is accompanied by risk. Staying in high-sec was the logical consequence for alot of carebear-corps. They're not safe anymore now. You can see almost on a daily basis threads about them on eve-o, filled with nasty-nasty smack. Don't smack them, that just boosts their ego further.
Don't expect them to fight fair. They make a whole lot of cash from ganking single targets and the gained loot.
Don't bother with hunting them. Оncе you find some expect alot more to come for you in case you decide to face them. They're not about fair and fun fights‚ they're about eaѕy ganks in еmpire‚ ѕafе from the wrath of the community. You decide to war-dec THEM -> They leave the corp and join back in once the war is over.
As someone mentioned above: Stay in 0.0 and see if they dare to show up (wich is rather unlikely).
Contains alot of personal experience and opinion about them‚ ѕorry. Hopе some of it helps though.
NeoNeTiC
SWIGG-Political Scientist