offtopic - yahoo group information - Web Beacons
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:51 pm
I got this on another group and it requests that the message be
passed along to other groups. Sounds typical so I thought I'd send it
along, FWIW:
Yahoo is Tracking Group Members
If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now
using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. 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.
Related article:
http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm
Please pass this information to all of your groups...
_______________
after I read the above email I tried their link and was unsuccessful -
however by trial and error - stumbling through the yahoo help
section and using Web Beacons as the key phrase - I finally found a
way to 'opt out'
D C Rona, PhD, ND, DHM
Stress Repertory: Signs and Symptoms of Stress Induced Nutrient
Depletion
http://stores.lulu.com/drrona
also available at bookstores and online booksellers
New series - Health and Healing Journals - just released!
passed along to other groups. Sounds typical so I thought I'd send it
along, FWIW:
Yahoo is Tracking Group Members
If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now
using "Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. 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.
Related article:
http://antivirus. about.com/ od/spywareandadw are/a/yahoobugs. htm
Please pass this information to all of your groups...
_______________
after I read the above email I tried their link and was unsuccessful -
however by trial and error - stumbling through the yahoo help
section and using Web Beacons as the key phrase - I finally found a
way to 'opt out'
D C Rona, PhD, ND, DHM
Stress Repertory: Signs and Symptoms of Stress Induced Nutrient
Depletion
http://stores.lulu.com/drrona
also available at bookstores and online booksellers
New series - Health and Healing Journals - just released!