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[owl]

THEY'R IN UR LJ TRAKIN UR STATS

I've just been to the console and set stats disable to 1 like it says in the entry.

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[legionseagle.livejournal.com]

It looks like they've just about managed to bring themselves within the relevant law (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032426.htm) (of course, being LJ they wouldn't give a damn about whether they were compliant with EU law or not, since they don't believe the rest of the world exists) but I've disabled the stats in any event. I was particularly annoyed by the fact that they announced this in lj_biz where I wouldn't have found it had it not been for you mentioning it, and by their announcement that among the stats that they'd be collecting weren't merely the on-site statistics but details about where one went after leaving the site. Given their evident belief that the TOS allow one to be suspended for linkage to off-site content, I think they're preparing to take this one a step further.

[owl]

Glad to be of use. Yes, it was the off-site linkage that bothered me. Obviously LJ own the site and can see anything you do on it if they look for it, but I don't like the thought of where I leave to being used.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I very seldom leave LJ for anywhere as I tend to just open new tabs and close old ones instead, but I'm guessing they can also follow 'open link in new tab'?

Except that I've turned the stats off for my main LJ, and will get round to turning them off for the fic LJ when I'm next logged in as it.