Yahoo!
Privacy Policy
Yahoo! takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more
about our privacy policy. Also, please read our Children's Privacy Policy on the
Web (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/kids/details.html) to learn more about
how we treat personally identifiable information collected from children and
Privacy Information on the Web (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/fininfo/details.html)
to learn how we treat such information collected in connection with Yahoo!
financial products and services.
NOTICE: Visit the FTC web site (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/sitesee/index.html)
for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission.
What this Privacy Policy Covers
1. This Privacy Policy covers Yahoo!'s treatment of personally identifiable
information that Yahoo! collects when you are on the Yahoo! site, and when you
use Yahoo!'s services. This policy also covers Yahoo!'s treatment of any
personally identifiable information that Yahoo!'s business partners share with
Yahoo! or that Yahoo! may collect on a partner's site.
2. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Yahoo! does not
own or control, or to people that Yahoo! does not employ or manage. In addition,
this policy does not apply to Yahoo! NetRoadshow, which has its own privacy
policy or to Yahoo! financial products and services, which are covered by
Privacy Information, which can be found on the Web at (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/fininfo/details.html).
Information Collection and Use
1. Yahoo! collects personally identifiable information when you register for a
Yahoo! account, when you use certain Yahoo! products or services, when you visit
Yahoo! pages, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes. Yahoo! may also
receive personally identifiable information from our business partners.
2. When you register with Yahoo!, we ask for your name, email address, birth
date, gender, zip code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. Once you
register with Yahoo! and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
3. Yahoo! also automatically receives and records information on our server logs
from your browser including your IP address, Yahoo! cookie information and the
page you requested. For more information about our use of IP addresses, visit
the Yahoo! Privacy Center: IP Addresses reference page (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/ip/details.html)
on the Web.
4. Yahoo! uses information for three general purposes: to customize the
advertising and content you see, to fulfill your requests for certain products
and services, and to contact you about specials and new products.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
1. Yahoo! will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to
anyone.
2. Yahoo! may send personally identifiable information about you to other
companies or people when:
a. We have your consent to share the information;
b. We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have
requested;
c. We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Yahoo! to
provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these
companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information
we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.);
d. We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or
e. We find that your actions on our web sites violate the Yahoo! Terms of
Service, the Yahoo! GeoCities Terms of Service, or any of our usage guidelines
for specific products or services.
Cookies
1. Yahoo! may set and access Yahoo! cookies on your computer. For more
information about our use of cookies, visit the Yahoo! Privacy Center: Cookies
reference page (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/cookies/details.html) on the
Web.
2. Yahoo! allows other companies that are presenting advertisements on some of
our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use
of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one.
Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Yahoo!'s cookies. For more
information about network advertisers and third-party ad servers, visit the
Yahoo! Privacy Center: Network Advertisers and Third-Party Ad Servers reference
page (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/adservers/details.html) on the Web.
3. Yahoo! uses web beacons to access our cookies within and outside our network
of web sites and in connection with Yahoo! products and services. For more
information about web beacons, visit the Yahoo! Privacy Center: Web Beacons
reference page (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html) on the
Web.
Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences
1. Yahoo! gives you the ability to edit your Yahoo! Account Information and
preferences at any time, including whether you want Yahoo! to contact you about
specials and new products. You can edit this information by accessing your
account at: (http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_profile).
2. You may request deletion of your Yahoo! account by sending an email to:
[email protected]. To learn more about what information may possibly
remain in our archived records after your account has been deleted, visit the
Yahoo! Privacy Center: Data Storage reference page (http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/archives/details.html)
on the Web.
Security
1. Your Yahoo! Account Information is password-protected for your privacy and
security.
2. In certain areas Yahoo! uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data
transmissions.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Yahoo! may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial
changes in the way we use your personal information we will notify you by
posting a prominent announcement on our pages.
Questions or Suggestions
1. If you have questions or suggestions complete a feedback form. The Yahoo!
Privacy feedback form is on the Web at: (http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/privacy/cgi_feedback).
2. Yahoo! is TRUSTe-certified. Yahoo!'s TRUSTe certification is on the Web at:
(https://www.truste.org/validate/361). This certification applies to all
English-language sites under the Yahoo.com domain. If you feel that your inquiry
has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe, an independent
privacy organization, on the Web at: (http://www.truste.org/users/watchdog.html).
For more information about privacy practices for Yahoo! products and services
please visit the Yahoo! Privacy Center online at privacy.yahoo.com.