Thread: YAHOO TRACKING YOU : OPT OUT

How To Opt Out Of Yahoo's New 'Web Beacon'
6-5-7


If you belong to ANY Yahoo Group - be aware that Yahoo is now using "Web Beacons" to track the Internet navigation of every Yahoo user. It's similar to cookies, but allows Yahoo to record every website And every group you visit -ANYWHERE- on the Internet, even when you're Not connected to Yahoo.

To stop this privacy invasive surveillance, go to Yahoo's updated privacy statement at:

http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/details.html

About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will See a link that says WEB BEACONS.

looks like this...
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Cookies

* Yahoo! may set and access Yahoo! cookies on your computer.
* Yahoo! lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer.
Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Yahoo!'s cookies.
* Yahoo! uses web beacons to access Yahoo! cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products and services.
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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.

looks like this...
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Outside the Yahoo! Network

* Yahoo! uses web beacons to conduct research on behalf of certain partners on their web sites and also for auditing purposes.
* Information recorded through these web beacons is used to report anonymous individual and/or aggregate information about Yahoo! users to our partners.
Aggregate information may include demographic and usage information. No personally identifiable information about you is shared with partners from this research.
* When conducting research Yahoo!'s practice is to require our partners to disclose the presence of these web beacons on their pages in their privacy policies and state what choices are available to users regarding the collection and use of this information. You may choose to opt-out of Yahoo! using this information for this research.

Please click here to opt-out.
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NOTE: Be careful to not opt back in by clicking the wrong button!!

http://www.rense.com/general76/opt.htm

Done, thanks

Thanks for that...done.

Thanks for the head up. Done.

wow...I had no idea. Thanks i just opted out

Thanks for your post; I didn't know about this.

You may choose to opt out

If people don't know they were being tracked they shouldn't have to opt out, they should be asked if they wanted to be tracked with "web beacons"

Thanks bunches, JP and yes you are right we should not have to opt out. We should have been made aware by yahoo and given a choice.

Thank you. I opted out.

This may also interest you, it is along the same line.

Did you know that Google stores a unique identifier in a cookie on your PC, which allows them to track the keywords you search for? They use this information to compile reports, track user habits, and test features. In the future, it is possible they could even sell this information or share it with
others. Even worse, Google's cookie isn't set to expire until the year 2038, unless you delete it first.

G-Zapper helps protect your identity and search history. G-Zapper will read the Google cookie installed on your PC, display the date it was installed, determine how long your searches have been tracked, and display your Google searches. G-Zapper allows you to delete or entirely block the Google search cookie from future installation.

http://www.dummysoftware.com/gzapper.html

I downloaded the free one in March 2007, I have not installed it yet, but I copied the page at that time and mine does not have a 30 day trial period.

It just said free.

G-Zapper Free Edition

G-Zapper Free Edition is free for unlimited personal use. Users may
install the software on all personal computers they own. Search cookies are blocked from Google in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

It is G-Zapper v1.45

Also please read the FAQ page, if you totally block the Google cookie you will lose some other Google programs like G Mail. It suggests you just keep deleting it every week and it will have to give you a new ID cookie and all previous searches will be erased.