[p2pu-dev] are people (we) still using clear gifs for user tracking?

[John Britton]

We probably will, especially in emails.
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Philipp Schmidt <phi.schmidt at gmail.com>wrote:

> "What Are Clear GIFs? -- Clear gifs (also known as web beacons) are
> used in combination with cookies to help web site operators understand
> how visitors interact with their websites. A clear gif is typically a
> transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed
> on a site. The use of a clear gif allows the site to measure the
> actions of the visitor opening the page that contains the clear gif.
> It makes it easier to follow and record the activities of a recognized
> browser, such as the path of pages visited at a website."
>
> are we using them, will be possibly use them, or are any of the hosted
> services we might be hosting sites on, using them?
>
> trying to determine if we need to include them in our privacy policy.
>
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