Fwd: Info on Yahoo and users' privacy--Something 'New' -- 'Web Beacons'

[Guest guest]

Dear W & R Friends:

You may want to check out this forwarded email.

Subject: " Info on Yahoo and users' privacy " -- Off Topic

For those of you concerned with SECURITY, you might

want to " opt out " of Yahoo's " research " . Here's how....

Just me... Jan

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Dear Friends,

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.

Take a look at their updated privacy statement:

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html

About half-way down the page, in the section

" Outside the Yahoo! Network " , you'll see a little

" CLICK HERE " link that will let you " opt-out " of their

new method of snooping. I strongly recommend that

you DO THIS if you do not want to be tracked.

Once you have clicked that " click here " link, you are

opted out. Notice the " Success " message at 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 feature you just wanted.

So... do NOT click the " Cancel Opt-out " feature if you

actually want to Opt-Out.

Feel free to forward this to other groups.

This is something NEW, not the regular stuff where you

just check the boxes.

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[Guest guest]

Jan(creativesources2),

....my_friend...

T/Y so much...

....hugs2u...

<wink>

You okay?

Kev

[Guest guest]

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Hi Keven:

Glad you liked that Yahoo post about security and

opting-out feature. Guess I have to be in marketing

or advertising to really appreciate their reasons

behind snooping/tracking on what sites I visit and

who I send messages to et al.

I'm okay, just okay. Lots of challenges right now.

Just me.. Jan

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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:00:28 -0000 " Keven " writes:

> Jan(creativesources2),

> ...my_friend...

>

> T/Y so much...

>

> ...hugs2u...

>

> <wink>

> You okay?

>

> Kev

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[Guest guest]

Jan has written:

>>>Lots of challenges right now.<<<

Often, we all do Jan...

We're all here to help one-another juggle, the best we can!

Kev

ok...I gotta ask...I've seen this since joining w & r, but what does

'et al' mean?

: \

>

> .

> Hi Keven:

> Glad you liked that Yahoo post about security and

> opting-out feature. Guess I have to be in marketing

> or advertising to really appreciate their reasons

> behind snooping/tracking on what sites I visit and

> who I send messages to et al.

>

> I'm okay, just okay. Lots of challenges right now.

>

> Just me.. Jan

>

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>

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:00:28 -0000 " Keven " <ksoenen@y...> writes:

> > Jan(creativesources2),

> > ...my_friend...

> >

> > T/Y so much...

> >

> > ...hugs2u...

> >

> > <wink>

> > You okay?

> >

> > Kev

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