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SBC-Yahoo Partnership Cuts User Privacy

Posted by michael on from the yahoo-knows-you're-a-dog dept.

simeonbeta2 writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is running a story about Pac Bell's dsl partnership with Yahoo. Initially touted as a new service, Pac Bell is apparently now mailing existing dsl customers to urge them to install additional client software that will enable 'incredible new features and services'. While SBC's privacy policy is not excessively intrusive, use of the new software is covered by Yahoo's privacy policy, which is just a bit more Orwellian." The story's a little overblown - Yahoo's privacy policy reads that way because they offer financial services and the like, where they may well need financial information from you to provide the service. The reporter needed to investigate this new software DSL users are being asked to install, and find out what sort of user tracking it enables.

2 of 217 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What a surprise! by gabec · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The story's a little overblown

    Then why report it on slashdot? Surely there's more interesting things to talk about...

  2. Re:New software by Dylan_t_p · · Score: 0, Redundant

    wow wonderful typo there "i was to be" should have been I used to be..........and I even hit preview and missed that one GOOD GOING MAN!