Re: Yahoo's sneaky new privacy violations: Web Beacons

[Guest guest]

Hi Martha....

Was thinking about you the past few days....wondering how you were

doing these days. Someone mentioned your latest surgery at the

ez support group meeting on Monday night.

Hope all is well with you and that you had a merry Xmas and wish you

Happy New Year in advance.

Regards,

Gordy

> Got this from a member of another Yahoo Group.

>

> " For your information ...

>

> 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 – theoretically without " personal information "

> But if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. <G>

>

> Take a look at their updated privacy statement:

> 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. Tricky little sucker, there. "

[Guest guest]

Thanks Martha

So that must be where all my spyware is coming from. I just opted

out!!

Huggles

> Got this from a member of another Yahoo Group.

>

> " For your information ...

>

> 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 – theoretically without " personal

information "

> But if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. <G>

>

> Take a look at their updated privacy statement:

> 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. Tricky little sucker, there. "