Yahoo "Web Beacons"

[Full Service]

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.  It looks like this:
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.  It looks like this:
>
> 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.

[nscnotp1]

I guess I will have to spam Yahoo's ads. Have to check that out.