-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fw: [His_Helping_Hands] Yahoo and privacy!
- From: "Dorie Crews" <djcrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:07:11 -0500
Thanks for the information Judith.
Dorie
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From: "Judith" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Fw: [His_Helping_Hands] Yahoo and privacy!
> Even though this list is no longer on Yahoo -- I thought this
> might be of interest.
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> Got it from a list moderator on one of my yahoogroup lists.
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> Judith
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> Some of the new tricks of Yahoo, but I have provided the
> solution for you.
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> 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. Take a look at
> their updated privacy
> statement: http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy
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> 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.
> That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the
> Yahoo
> Network."
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Feel free to forward this to others.
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> God Bless,
> Patao
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