Robert Earnest wrote:
Please excuse the mass mailing but this kind of thing really bugs me.
And I think that people should know about it...
If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups be aware that Yahoo is now using "Web
Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. It's similar to cookies, but
allows Yahoo to record every website and every group you visit, even when
you're not connected to Yahoo. Look at their updated privacy statement at:
<http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy.
About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will see a link
that says WEB BEACONS. Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." On the page that
opens, find a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network."In that section
find a little "Click Here to Opt Out" link that will let you "opt-out" of
their snooping. Be careful! NOT to click on the next button shown. It is an
"Opt Back In" button that, if clicked, will UNDO the opt-out. Note that
Yahoo's invasion of your privacy and your ability to opt-out of it is not
user-specific.
It is MACHINE specific. That means you will have to opt-out on every
computer (and browser) you use.
For more information, enter "yahoo web beacons" into a search engine such as
Google.
Best to ya'll,
R
Thanks, Robert. It seems that Yahoo is constantly doing things like
that without notice.
Don
--
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes
think they are going to profit from it. - George Orwell
