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Does Yahoo! share personally identifiable information about me with third parties?

Last Updated: April 05, 2011
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Consistent with the Yahoo! Privacy Policy, Yahoo! does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or companies that Yahoo! is not affiliated except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

  • We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Yahoo! under confidentiality agreements. These companies might use your personal information to help Yahoo! communicate with you about offers from Yahoo! and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
  • We have a parent's permission to share the information if the user is a child under the age of 13. Parents have the option of allowing Yahoo! to collect and use their child's information without consenting to Yahoo!'s sharing of this information with people and companies who may use this information for their own purposes.
  • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  • We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Yahoo!'s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We transfer information about you if Yahoo! is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Yahoo! will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

For more information, please see the Yahoo! Privacy Policy or related reference links for Yahoo! products and services.

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