Suzanne
02-05-2008, 06:16 AM
Hi All,
Incase some of us hadn't seen this, I received this from the moderator of another Yahoo group I belong to:
***If you belong to any YahooGroups this is important!** *
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
1. https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/
2. About half-way down the page, in the section on Cookies, you
will see a link that says "Web Beacons".
Click on the phrase "WebBeacons" .
3. 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
which will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.
4. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted.
Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page.
Note: Be careful because on that page there is also a "Cancel
Opt-out" button which, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. It appears
after you have hit the opt-out button so is very confusing.
Incase some of us hadn't seen this, I received this from the moderator of another Yahoo group I belong to:
***If you belong to any YahooGroups this is important!** *
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
1. https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/
2. About half-way down the page, in the section on Cookies, you
will see a link that says "Web Beacons".
Click on the phrase "WebBeacons" .
3. 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
which will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.
4. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted.
Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page.
Note: Be careful because on that page there is also a "Cancel
Opt-out" button which, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. It appears
after you have hit the opt-out button so is very confusing.