roddguy1
Well-known member
you should all be aware of this.
Happy New Year!
Randy
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Yahoo is Tracking Group Members this is an update
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://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
(You may have to cut and paste the address into your browser.)
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, on the left
find a box entitled "Opt-Out."
In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link
that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then
click the opt-out button on the next page.
*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.*
Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too, but
I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I remember when they signed all
users up to get spam and we had to opt out of that a few years ago.
Related article:
http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs.htm
Happy New Year!
Randy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yahoo is Tracking Group Members this is an update
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://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
(You may have to cut and paste the address into your browser.)
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, on the left
find a box entitled "Opt-Out."
In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link
that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then
click the opt-out button on the next page.
*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.*
Please forward this to your other groups. You might complain, too, but
I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I remember when they signed all
users up to get spam and we had to opt out of that a few years ago.
Related article:
http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs.htm
