It's a shame that it seems like you can't do anything these day with out some one looking over your back and checking everything that you are doing. Nick "A. Rice" <nascentjib@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I chose the topic of clear GIF Web bugs, because I knew nothing of this common monitoring technology. I can understand companies expecting to reap some benefit for providing the free services offered at websites, but the fact that information is being collected about you without your knowledge is unacceptable. The following site enumerates frequently asked questions about Web bugs, and states that they are rarely disclosed in privacy policies - http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Marketing/web_bug.html. I was also surprised to see a listing of companies that have used Web bugs on their sites, and in e-mail messages! The thing I find most alarming is that these images can reside in e-mail messages, informing outsiders whether you have read an e-mail. In add ition, cookie information, as well as your e-mail address, can be returned to the server where the Web bug resides. -Angela --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. _____ / II \ \__o__/ I / I \ / I \ I / \ / \ Nicholas Ortiz nortiz316@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.