<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thank you. I will opt-out, and I'm also quitting all my Yahoo groups. <div><br></div><div>Ken</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><div>I got this from the CanonFD group.</div><div>=========================</div>Yahoo is Tracking Group Members<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - be aware that Yahoo is now using<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">"Web Beacons" to track every Yahoo Group user. It's similar to <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website and every group you<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">visit, even when you're not connected to Yahoo.<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Look at their updated privacy statement at<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><<a href="http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html">http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html</a>></span></font><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">About three-quarters of the way down the page, in the section on <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">*cookies*, you will <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">see a link that says *WEB BEACONS*.<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Click on the phrase "Web Beacons." On the page that opens, on the left<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">find a box entitled "Opt-Out."<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">In that section find "opt-out of interest-matched advertising" link <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">that will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Click it and then click<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">the opt-out button on the next page. <br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">**Note that Yahoo's invasion of your privacy - and your ability to <br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">opt-out of it - is not user-specific. It is MACHINE specific. That means you<br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">will have to opt-out on every computer (and browser) you use.**</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Paul Moortgat</span></font></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>X4U mailing list<br><a href="mailto:X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</a><br>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u<br><br>Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Price <br>http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>