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{{CompanyCargo

|Founded=1994-01

|Industry=Web service

|Type=Subsidiary

|Website=yahoo.com

|Logo=Yahoo!.svg

|Website=https://www.yahoo.com

|Description=Yahoo! is a company that makes internet-based products.

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==Consumer-impact summary==

* '''User privacy'''~~: Poor; third~~-party AI has been forced to be used.

* '''User privacy:''' Third-party AI has been forced to be used.

==Incidents==

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content===

{{~~Main~~|Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content}}

{{Excerpt|Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content}}

Yahoo! ~~implemented~~ a ~~change~~ to ~~their Terms of Service stipulating their mandatory use of third~~-~~party AI on customer data, specifically including e~~-~~mail and~~ account ~~content~~.

==~~=Example incident two (''~~date~~'')~~===

===Inactive account deletions===

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Yahoo! has a [[Inactive account deletion|deletion policy on inactive accounts]] in which accounts that are not used for 24 months or more may be scheduled to be deleted. Such policies could adversely affect those who had good reasons to become inactive for a long time, such as hospitalization, prison incarceration, and being in totalitarian countries which have prolonged internet shutdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Reasons Yahoo deactivates or deletes an account |url=https://help.yahoo.com/kb/reasons-yahoo-deactivates-deletes-account-sln2018.html |website=Yahoo! |date= |access-date=2 Jul 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260414051403/https://help.yahoo.com/kb/reasons-yahoo-deactivates-deletes-account-sln2018.html |archive-date=14 Apr 2026}}</ref>

==Products==

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 {{CompanyCargo
 |Founded=1994-01
 |Industry=Web service
 |Type=Subsidiary
-|Website=yahoo.com
+|Logo=Yahoo!.svg
+|Website=https://www.yahoo.com
 |Description=Yahoo! is a company that makes internet-based products.
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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
 {{Ph-C-CIS}}
-* '''User privacy''': Poor; third-party AI has been forced to be used.
+* '''User privacy:''' Third-party AI has been forced to be used.
 ==Incidents==
 This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
 ===Mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content===
-{{Main|Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content}}
+{{Excerpt|Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content}}
-Yahoo! implemented a change to their Terms of Service stipulating their mandatory use of third-party AI on customer data, specifically including e-mail and account content.
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
+===Inactive account deletions===
-...
+{{see also|Inactive account deletion}}
+Yahoo! has a [[Inactive account deletion|deletion policy on inactive accounts]] in which accounts that are not used for 24 months or more may be scheduled to be deleted. Such policies could adversely affect those who had good reasons to become inactive for a long time, such as hospitalization, prison incarceration, and being in totalitarian countries which have prolonged internet shutdowns.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Reasons Yahoo deactivates or deletes an account |url=https://help.yahoo.com/kb/reasons-yahoo-deactivates-deletes-account-sln2018.html |website=Yahoo! |date= |access-date=2 Jul 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260414051403/https://help.yahoo.com/kb/reasons-yahoo-deactivates-deletes-account-sln2018.html |archive-date=14 Apr 2026}}</ref>
 ==Products==