Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 i found this & thought it might interest others " As part of our continuing efforts to serve our list-members we will pass along any general Yahoo Groups-related announcements that are of relevance to all of you such as the one below: Yahoo is Tracking Group Members If you belong to ANY Yahoo Group - be aware that Yahoo is now using " Web Beacons " to track every Yahoo Group USER/MEMBER. 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 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. --- and probably still do. Related article: http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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