Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00450)

Thanks Leon,

This is the kind of service we can do for one another that is really useful. 
No matter what kind of lists or boards we sign on to, it is important to know 
the inner workings of all the various privacy issues. The Internet can be a 
frightening place to be if one does not know the rules.

Thanks again.

Louis




In a message dated 11/16/2002 3:10:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
leonmaurer@aol.com writes:


> YAHOO, "WEB BEACONS," AND PRIVACY STATEMENTS
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> Do you sometimes feel like someone is tracking every site you visit on 
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> the internet? Do you find that your email spam is eerily targeted to 
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> your current interests? Do you use Yahoo? There might be a connection. 
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> Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around the 
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> net. They collect your IP address and cookie set information to monitor 
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> your activities. They promise in their privacy policy not to sell the 
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> information, but they say they may "share" it. You might want to take a 
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> look at their updated privacy statement:
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> http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html
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> 
> About halfway down the page in the section "Outside the Yahoo network," 
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> you will see a small "click here" that will let you opt out of their 
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> new method of snooping. I recommend doing this. Be careful: On the next 
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> screen is a button that will "undo" the opt-out if you click on it.
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> 
> The lesson here is that while nearly every site has a privacy 
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> statement, you should pay attention and actually read each one. Just 
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> having a privacy statement doesn't mean that the company intends to 
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> protect your privacy. In fact, many privacy statements now have opt-out 
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> buttons hidden within the statement.
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