RE: OT: Yahoo Privacy

["Timothy Mungenast" <mungenast@earthlink.net>]

Many thanks, David!


> [Original Message]
> From: David Kirkdorffer <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Date: 1/2/2005 1:07:15 PM
> Subject: OT: Yahoo Privacy
>
> someone just forwarded this to idm-l; might be pertinent for anyone here
who
> is part of a yahoogroup.
>
>
> "Hi folks,
>
> In case you are interested in protecting your online privacy: Yahoo
> is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group
> users around the net and see what you're doing and where you are
> going - similar to cookies. Yahoo is recording every website and
> every group you visit. Take a look at their updated privacy
> statement:  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":
> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/beacons/details.html
>
> That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo
> Network." In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt
> out" link that will let you "opt-out" of their new method of
> snooping. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted.
>
> Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page.
> Be careful because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" button
> that, if clicked, will *undo** the opt-out.
>
> Feel free to forward this to other groups."
>
>