[WEB4LIB] Re: www.backflip.com service - NICE

[Julie James]

Ernest & Jenny, et.al.:

Thanks for the tip on Backflip - I use three different computers regularly,
and this may be just the service I need to keep all my bookmarks straight.

Am I naïve to accept TRUSTe's assurances re their privacy practices?
http://www.truste.com/users/users_lookup.html#B

The cookies look pretty normal to me.

Julie
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Julie James
Technology Consultant
The Library of Virginia
804/692-0800  
jjames at lva.lib.va.us  

> 	I was about to highlight this service to our member libraries 
> because they, too, could let users Backflip their pages 
> (especially local 
> history pages, newsletter articles, etc.), but a privacy 
> concern came up 
> on another list I'm on.  The poster had noticed some tracking 
> done once 
> she accessed the Backflip service, so she stopped using it.  I share 
> these concerns, but I haven't had a chance to follow up on it 
> yet.