Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Just got this info: If you belong to any this is important... is now using something called " Web Beacons " to track Group 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 a link 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. (If you hit 'cancel - you will actually cancel the undo what you've jsut done. Either close the window - or click the next box, " return to... (whatever it was!) " Feel free to forward this to other groups also, taht toolbar is spyware. if you have it and wish to get rid of it, which I suggest you do, you can go to control panel and remove it. If you need help with that you can email me at puterwitch blessings, Chanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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