[NEohioPAL]Yahoo Web Beacons Warning

[Marcus Bales]

  Yahoo is Tracking 
  Group Members

  1-14-06

          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://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." On the page that opens, find
          a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network." 

          In that section find a little "Click Here to Opt Out" link that
          will let you "opt-out" of their snooping. Be careful! NOT to
          click on the next button shown. It is an "Opt Back In" button
          that, if clicked, will UNDO the opt-out. 

          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.. 

          Related article: 

          Yahoo Web Beacons Igniting Controversy Yahoo's current 
privacy
          policy is causing consternation among some users who object to
          their use of so-called 'web beacons'. Known in most circles as
          web bugs, these invisible images are embedded in websites and
          email and used to track your surfing - and even tell whether
          you've opened a particular email.
          
http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywareandadware/a/yahoobugs.htm  


Link to page with opt out:

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