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This is not meant to be legal advice, and the research may be outdated.

When surfing on the Internet, users may come across web beacons on some web sites.  Some web sites may use web beacons.  What is a web beacon?  A web beacon is a string of code that provides a method for delivering a graphic image on a web page or in an email message for the purpose of transferring data, or determining how many times a specific web page has been viewed.  For example, when a user visits a web page, the code for the page may include instructions to go to another server to gather a single pixel graphic image.  Web beacons are not placed on a user’s computer, and users remain anonymous.