Yahoo! changed its privacy policy last week with the result that anyone
who has signed up for an ID and password, for example for the
customisation option, could find that they have been opted-in for spam,
snail mail and cold calls without their knowledge.
I was alerted to this by an article in The Register
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24683.html).
I gather from the article that Yahoo! sent out a standard email to users
telling them about the change but I have no record of having received it.
It was probably zapped by the spam eating system that our ISP uses.
When I went to check my own account (I use the My Yahoo! feature). The
opt-out for third party "spam" was still checked but a whole new series of
a dozen "Yahoo Special Marketing" communications were checked for Yes! I
have now unchecked them.
More importantly, if at any time you have supplied a postal address or
telephone number you will have to check the boxes to opt out of direct
marketing mail and cold calls.
Karen
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Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services
88 Star Road, Caversham, Berks RG4 5BE, UK
Tel:+44 118 947 2256, Mobile: +44 7860 785716
Fax:+44 870 056 8547
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http://www.rba.co.uk/
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