[PLUG] OT: Yahoo! is watching you...

Sandy Herring sandy at herring.org
Fri Apr 19 23:01:13 UTC 2002


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Very important information about Web "Beacons" Bugs (the real name) and
Yahoo PRIVACY Policy. On the web site you will see in the privacy statement
a reference to "WebBeacons" you need to click on the OPT-OUT button to
opt-out. If you don't Yahoo will follow you around on the Internet tracking
the sites you visit and every thing you do and sends this info back to Yahoo
for "marketing" info.

It is an invasion of your privacy, but it is still legal. You can "opt out"
of the web beacons by going to

http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html
(opt-out link is embedded in the text about halfway down the page)

Make sure you read their fine print. This is from their policy statement:

Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific
user. Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or
browser that you use.
 


*bastids*!
Sandy
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