Guest guest Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Forward from another list Privacy is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where youare going similar to cookies. is recording every website andevery group you visit.Take a look at their updated privacy statement:http://privacy./privacyAbout half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you willsee a link that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the Network."In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt out" linkthat will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. Notice the "Youhave opted out successfully" message on the top of the next page. Becareful because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" buttonthat, if clicked, will **undo** the opt-out.Feel free to forward this to other groups and users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Thanks, Sue. Good tip. - Ross Pearson <stpearson@...> wrote: Forward from another list Privacy is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where youare going similar to cookies. is recording every website andevery group you visit.Take a look at their updated privacy statement:http://privacy./privacyAbout half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you willsee a link that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the Network."In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt out" linkthat will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted. Notice the "Youhave opted out successfully" message on the top of the next page. Becareful because on that page there is a "Cancel Opt-out" buttonthat, if clicked, will **undo** the opt-out.Feel free to forward this to other groups and users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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