Fwd: IMPORTANT ABOUT SNOOPING ON GROUPS

[Guest guest]

FYI,

 

Read this on another board and it checks out.

 

Jean

 

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You are being tracked - Urgent information for all group members: If

you belong to any Groups this is important... Sharing a tidbit

of information: is now using something called " Web Beacons " to

track users around the net and see what you're doing and

where you are going similar to cookies. is recording every

website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated

privacy statement: http://privacy./privacy

About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will

see alink that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.

That will bring you to a paragraph entitled " Outside the

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. Feel free to forward this to

other groups. >>

[Guest guest]

Also posted there:

 

Note: This opt-out applies to a specific browser rather than a specific user.

Therefore you will have to opt-out separately from each computer or browser that

you use.

 

 

Jean <jfish1754 wrote:

FYI,

 

Read this on another board and it checks out.

 

Jean

 

<<

You are being tracked - Urgent information for all group members: If

you belong to any Groups this is important... Sharing a tidbit

of information: is now using something called " Web Beacons " to

track users around the net and see what you're doing and

where you are going similar to cookies. is recording every

website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated

privacy statement: http://privacy./privacy

About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will

see alink that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.

That will bring you to a paragraph entitled " Outside the

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. Feel free to forward this to

other groups. >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

If you are interested in taking advantage of the opt out option, I

have also learned that you need to do this for every browser/computer

from which you or anyone else has every logged onto . And

any time you upgrade or change browsers you will need to do so as

well. The beacons are browser specific, not user specific so they

pick up all online activity.

 

HTH,

 

Jean

[Guest guest]

Hi

Did anyone also notice this at the bottom of that page?

 

" Effective March 28, 2002 "

 

This isn't new, it's also pretty standard web activity. You only

have something to worry about if you're using the internet for

illegal purposes.

 

Hope this helps

L & L

Sarah

 

 

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" Jean " <jfish1754 wrote:

>

> FYI,

>

> Read this on another board and it checks out.

>

> Jean

>

> <<

> You are being tracked - Urgent information for all group members:

If

> you belong to any Groups this is important... Sharing a

tidbit

> of information: is now using something called " Web Beacons " to

> track users around the net and see what you're doing

and

> where you are going similar to cookies. is recording every

> website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated

> privacy statement: http://privacy./privacy

> About half-way down the page, in the section on cookies, you will

> see alink that says web beacons. Click on the phrase web beacons.

> That will bring you to a paragraph entitled " Outside the

> 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. Feel free to forward this to

> other groups. >>

>

[Guest guest]

thanks for the warning jean

Blessings,

Nettie

" The Desert will lead you to your heart...where I will speak " Hosea 2:14

 

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