- If you belong to ANY Yahoo Group - be aware that Yahoo
is now using "Web Beacons" to track the Internet navigation of
every Yahoo user. It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every
website And every group you visit -ANYWHERE- on the Internet, even when
you're Not connected to Yahoo.
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- To stop this privacy invasive surveillance, go to Yahoo's
updated privacy statement at:
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- http://info. yahoo.com/ privacy/us/ yahoo/details.html
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- About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies,
you will See a link that says WEB BEACONS.
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- looks like this...
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- Cookies
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- * Yahoo! may set and access Yahoo! cookies on your computer.
- * Yahoo! lets other companies that show advertisements
on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer.
- Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their
own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not
have access to Yahoo!'s cookies.
- * Yahoo! uses web beacons to access Yahoo! cookies inside
and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products
and services.
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- Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." On the page
that opens, find a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network."
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- In that section find a little "Click Here to Opt
Out" link that Will let you "opt-out" of their snooping.
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- looks like this...
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- Outside the Yahoo! Network
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- * Yahoo! uses web beacons to conduct research on behalf
of certain partners on their web sites and also for auditing purposes.
- * Information recorded through these web beacons is used
to report anonymous individual and/or aggregate information about Yahoo!
users to our partners.
- Aggregate information may include demographic and usage
information. No personally identifiable information about you is shared
with partners from this research.
- * When conducting research Yahoo!'s practice is to require
our partners to disclose the presence of these web beacons on their pages
in their privacy policies and state what choices are available to users
regarding the collection and use of this information. You may choose to
opt-out of Yahoo! using this information for this research.
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- Please click here to opt-out.
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- NOTE: Be careful to not opt back in by clicking the wrong
button!!
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