[X4U] Yahoo is Tracking Group Members

[Mark Des Cotes]

http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/

Click on the opt-out link at the bottom of the left column.

Thanks for this info Paul.

Mark Des Cotes
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On 14-Jan-09, at 4:03 PM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> There is no link or button that I could see to opt out. What is the  
> URL of
> that page that allows one to opt out?
>
> <http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/opt_out/targeting/ 
> details.html>
>
> I do not see the opt out button.
>
> Thanx
>
> Richard
>
>
> On 14/1/09 8:59 AM, "Paul Moortgat" <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> I got this from the CanonFD group.
>> =========================
>> 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 three-quarters of the 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.**
>>
>> Paul Moortgat
>>
>
>
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