Dove
DC Grandma
> > Don't know if you all know about this or not...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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."
> > 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.
> >
> > Once you have clicked that link, you are opted
> out.
> > Notice
> > the "Success"
> > message on the top of the next page. 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.
> >