Many thanks for that. I've opted out, and you're right, that second button is CLEARLY placed to make you accidentally opt back in.
Shame, Yahoo. Shame shame shame. Waz www.crashtestkitchen.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Salem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello > > I thought you all might be interested in this. If > someone has posted about this already and I've missed > it, my apologies. This was posted on another listserv > I belong to: > > If you belong to ANY Yahoo Groups - including this one > - 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 . > > ----- > - Cheers, > Lisa Salem > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
