A lot of people I know have had their email accounts hacked recently. I don't want it to be the same for me, but I don't know what to do.

In fact, lately on the internet no data is protected and neither is email. But personally I've never experienced email hacking because I've always used https://privateemail.com/ and I think it's because it prevents hacking etc. I think you should try it too so you don't get hacked.

In general I don't think there are really safe email sites etc. But I think they can help you, because I've never looked into it and I don't know the exact answer.