Digital BW, The Print

I opted out, but I didn't read it the same as others. If I read it
correctly, web beacons are site specific...as in certain Yahoo
advertisers will be using them. If you go to a site that employes
them, your info gets collected. That's why Yahoo said they require
those sites that use them to state so in their privacy policies and
offer you a way out. I believe that by opting out with Yahoo, I'm just
telling Yahoo not to aggragate my info into their marketing research.
They don't really say what anyone else might be doing with it. 

My take on it,

Charlie

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis W.
Manasco" <dmanasco@i...> wrote:
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> If you belong to any Yahoo Groups, this is
> important...
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> Sharing a tidbit of information:
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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
> 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
> screen. Be careful, because on that page there is a
> "Cancel Opt-out" button that, if clicked, will *undo*
> the opt-out.
> 
> Feel free to forward this to other groups.
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