Linda; Notified by who? has your SC (if you are a CC of Indiana) said anything on your state list? This is a mailing list dealing with Indiana Genweb issues. If a person who uses ancestry.com for information on what used to be on the genconnect boards, they need to know exactly what is being done to have them access the boards. This was on the All-list for the CC and SC of the UGW Project. I am passing this on for others to see and know what is happening. Esse --- Linda Hedlund <treesearcher@rushmore.com> wrote: > If this is true, why weren't we notified?? > > Linda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esse Frye" <elfen87@yahoo.com> > To: <INGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:36 PM > Subject: [INGEN] Ancestry.com cookies > > > > To all listers; > > > > This is important to all who access ancestry.com > and > > the new boards that was formerly Genconnect. > > > > Rootsweb has veridied that it is a bad bug and > nothing > > can be done about it. they are working on it at > this > > time. > > > > > ....................................................... > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 10:25 AM > > Subject: [ALL-L] Fwd: RE: Accessing Ancestry and > > Surname Boards > > > > > > Forwarded with Sheryl's permission - > > > > Carol > > > > > > I think everyone should understand a little about > what > > is being > > required for you to access the former RootsWeb and > now > > Ancestry > > message boards. We should all understand what we > are > > doing. > > > > Ancestry requires 11 cookies (excessive for any > web > > site) to be > > placed on your computer before you can access > their > > home page. > > You > > may decline these 11 if you have your browser set > to > > ask you > > first. You will be asked to accept another 11 if > you > > click on the > > Message Boards link that takes you to the Message > > Board home > > page. > > If you decline those, you will NOT be permitted to > > access the > > Message Boards. (That means any of your list/board > > users who have > > their computers set to reject cookies will not be > able > > to use the > > boards-PERIOD). You do have the option to set your > > browser to > > accept only per-session cookies, which will > eliminate > > SOME of the > > advertiser tracking. > > > > Some of the cookies Ancestry uses involve your > userid > > (dated to > > stay on your computer until Dec 31, 2020), others > are > > coded to be > > removed from your computer at the end of your > session > > on the web > > site. BUT, at the present, Ancestry uses two of > the > > major > > Internet > > advertising agencies to track consumer > preferences, > > and there are > > some major problems here: > > > > 1) Ancestry uses DoubleClick and AdForce to track > and > > customize > > their advertising. Both these companies plant a > cookie > > in your > > computer that generally stays for years and tracks > you > > (generally > > by code number, not name) anywhere on the internet > > where their > > company handles placing ads. They compile a > cumulative > > profile on > > each individual user. On any of those sites, > > DoubleClick will > > know > > it is you (personally) every click of the way. > > > > 2) Because of pressure from public outcry and the > > Government, > > both > > of these companies have adopted policies where you > can > > opt out of > > having a tracking cookie by having it replaced > with a > > "dummy" > > cookie. They advise all companies who use their > > advertising to > > let > > their consumers know they use the company to track > > their > > advertising trends, that the consumer can opt out > of > > being > > tracked, and advise the company to attach a link > to > > the > > advertising company's Privacy Policy page where > > consumers can opt > > out. Ancestry has chosen not to do this at this > time. > > I don't > > know > > whether this is a conscious choice or oversight. > > > > 3) There are some major problems with the > potential > > for abuse by > > these companies. Please read the CNET news article > on > > DoubleClick > > below. > > > > I urge everyone to let your posters know if they > use > > Ancestry as > > it is now, they are being tracked with all it's > > inherent dangers > > (educate yourselves at TopClick.com). Also, those > > users who do > > not > > permit cookies to be installed into their > computers > > are being > > turned away at the doors, just as when the policy > was > > that you > > MUST log in to use the boards. This is a rare > policy > > on the > > internet, especially for the type of service > Ancestry > > provides. > > > > It's time to ask loudly for more changes. They > > listened on the > > log-in issue, maybe they will on this one also. > You > > can make your > > feelings known by sending an e-mail to > > webmaster@rootsweb.com. > > Make the first word of your subject line: LISTEN > and > > it will get > > delivered to administration who makes the > decisions. > > I'm not > > trying to stir up trouble here or badmouth > Ancestry. > > I'm going to > > give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that > > they haven't > > looked at all sides of this issue and are willing > to > > listen to > > what we, their volunteer leadership, have to say. > I > > have sent a > > personal appeal to the webmaster and am copying > them > > on this post > > also. > > > > --Sheryl Neal Slaughter > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/