Thank you for pointing this out, Carl!
There is a step that missing in your outline, though. When I clicked on
"Web Beacons" there was no box on the left with an "opt-out" option. I
had to click on the phrase "Relevant Advertising" to learn more and
there finally was an opt-out button.
Sad to know that it's machine-specific and not user-specific.
And Yahoo complains when the government wants to invade its privacy --
why can't it pass along the courtesy it wants from the government? What
is it with these big corporations -- what they want for themselves (no
government snooping or warrantless searches) they still want to impose
on the rest of us!
Sheesh! Didn't their kindergarten teachers teach them that its best to
treat others as we want to be treated ourselves?
David H. Bailey
On 7/2/2013 9:19 PM, Carl Brooks wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone heard out this?
>
> 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 <http://info/>.yahoo.com/
> <http://yahoo.com/>privacy/us/yahoo/details.html
>
> 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." 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.
>
> Please forward this to your other groups. You might
> Complain, too, but I'm not sure if anyone is listening. I
> Remember when they signed all users up to get spam and we had to
> Opt out of that a few years ago.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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