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Yahoo Web beacons Opt out of

These large organizations give me the pip

Always imposing restrictions and checks upon what we do without so much as a “May we ? “

Yahoo and AOL are probably the worst for this but I do not exclude Microsoft.

Recently Yahooʹs use of Web beacons, which track Yahoo Groupsʹ users website visits.

This is stated on their Privacy Policy page, in the ʺCookiesʺ section. Web beacons are small electronic files that are used to count and recognize users for purposes such as personalizing your pages and conducting research.

However in the smallest of print is a section detailing how to opt out

Find it here and follow the instructions below:‐

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Click Cookies in the left column.

Scroll down to ʺOther Companiesʹ Cookies on Yahoo!ʺ and click ʺOther companiesʺ under that.

Then scroll to the third paragraph and click ʺweb beacon.ʺ

Scroll down to ʺOutside the Yahoo! Networkʺ (Third Party and Affiliate

Cookies on Yahoo ) and the final paragraph, click ʺclick here.ʺ

Note that this opt‐out action is not user specific but machine specific, so youʹll need to do this on every computer you use. Finally it confirms that you have opted out.

We should not have been opted in, to start with.