Hello All, A privacy issue that's not well known about has popped up about yahoo group e-mail list users. If any of you subscribe to these lists (as i do), you'll not be happy to know that yahoo are effectively 'tracking' (i could use another word for fera of libel) your web usage without your proir consent.
It's caused quite a stir, but you do have an option to opt out. I got this from another forum which i believe you really should know about!
Pity this is off topic, but this sort of behaviour isn't on.
Subject: Privacy Issue
Hi all:
IMPORTANT PRIVACY ISSUE
This from another Yahoo forum. I followed the instructions below and
also decided to opt out.
Hi Everyone,
Got this from an another Forum
Be aware of the following. I decided to "Opt Out"!
For you and your readers information if you use any Yahoo Groups ...
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. Yahoo is recording every website and every group
you visit.
Go to: _
privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/
Take a look at their updated privacy statement:
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 exempted.
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 ya just did!
  