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}}[[wikipedia:Yandex|Yandex]] is a Russian technology conglomerate that provides internet-related services such as [[wikipedia: | }}[[wikipedia:Yandex|Yandex]] is a Russian technology conglomerate that provides internet-related services such as [[wikipedia:Yandex Search|Yandex Search]], [[wikipedia:Yandex Taxi|Yandex Taxi]] and [[wikipedia:Yandex Maps|Yandex Maps]] It was founded in 1997 by [[wikipedia:Arkady Volozh|Arkady Volozh]] and [[wikipedia:Ilya Segalovich|Ilya Segalovich]] as a search engine and over the years developed to become the number one used search engine in the Russian Federation<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2024 |title=Search Engine Market Share Russian Federation |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/russian-federation |url-status=live |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Statcounter}}</ref> and started having subsidiary companies in many different industries including: [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex Cloud cloud computing], [[wikipedia:Yandex Maps|web mapping]], [[wikipedia:Yandex Eda|online food ordering]], [[wikipedia:Kinopoisk|streaming media]], [[wikipedia:Yandex Market|online shopping]], a [[wikipedia:Yandex Taxi|ridesharing company]], [[wikipedia:Yandex Music|Music]], and not so long ago started making it's own [https://yandex.ru/support/yandex-factory/commo/ru/ electronic devices] | ||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
====User | ====User freedom==== | ||
The user can freely create an account and delete it, but when the user tries to delete an account, it tries to keep them from deleting it by asking questions like why they wish to delete their profile. | The user can freely create an account and delete it, but when the user tries to delete an account, it tries to keep them from deleting it by asking questions like why they wish to delete their profile. | ||
====User | ====User privacy==== | ||
As of 19 May 2022, the Yandex | As of 19 May 2022, the Yandex privacy policy states that they collect:<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2022 |title=Yandex Legal documents |url=https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=Yandex}}</ref> | ||
* Your name | |||
* Mobile phone number | |||
* Address | |||
* Age | |||
* HTTP headers | |||
* IP address | |||
* Cookies | |||
* Web beacons/pixel tags | |||
* Browser information | |||
* Information about your hardware and software | |||
* Wi-Fi network data | |||
* Date and time of accessing the sites or services | |||
* Your search history | |||
* Data on purchases in the services | |||
* Data on visited organizations | |||
* Your likes and preferences | |||
* Email addresses of your email contacts | |||
* Phonebook data | |||
* Information about interactions with other users | |||
* Files and content stored in Yandex systems | |||
* (Geo)location information | |||
* Payment card information | |||
====Business | ====Business model==== | ||
The business model of Yandex is maintaining its customer relationships through continuous innovation, customer support services, and personalized user experiences. Also Yandex is investing in it's own AI. | The business model of Yandex is maintaining its customer relationships through continuous innovation, customer support services, and personalized user experiences. Also Yandex is investing in it's own AI. | ||
====Market | ====Market control==== | ||
Yandex is the leading search engine in the Russian Federation, and is actively trying to get even more subsidiary companies to control more of the Russian market. | Yandex is the leading search engine in the Russian Federation, and is actively trying to get even more subsidiary companies to control more of the Russian market. | ||
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzkwNa-g-0 '''Как я обхитрил Яндекс и всех сборщиков Windows'''] | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MzkwNa-g-0 '''Как я обхитрил Яндекс и всех сборщиков Windows'''] | ||
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|Yandex makes all searches about [[wikipedia: | |Yandex makes all searches about [[wikipedia:Alexei Navalny|Navalny]] give only negative results | ||
|27 April 2020 - 28 April 2020 | |27 April 2020 - 28 April 2020 | ||
|Navalny was the main oppositioner of the Russian Goverment. They tried to paint him in a bad light through the search results. | |Navalny was the main oppositioner of the Russian Goverment. They tried to paint him in a bad light through the search results. | ||
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====Products==== | ====Products==== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Search|Yandex Search]] - 23 Sept 1997 - present=== | ||
Used to censor searches to favor a political party and promote sketchy software | Used to censor searches to favor a political party and promote sketchy software | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Taxi|Yandex Taxi]] - 26 Oct 2011 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Maps|Yandex Maps]] - 27 Aug 2004 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia:Yandex.Metrica|Yandex Metrica]] - 2008 - present=== | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex.Metrica|Yandex Metrica]] - 2008 - present=== | ||
Used to steal data from Android users | Used to steal data from Android users | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Music|Yandex Music]] - 22 Sept 2010 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Eda|Yandex Eda]] - Jan 2018 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Cloud|Yandex Cloud]] - Oct 2020 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Market|Yandex Market]] - 30 Nov 2000 - present=== | ||
===[https://yandex.ru/support/yandex-factory/commo/ru/ Commo] - 28 Mar 2022 - present=== | ===[https://yandex.ru/support/yandex-factory/commo/ru/ Commo] - 28 Mar 2022 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Disk|Yandex Disk]] - Apr 2012 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Mail|Yandex Mail]] - June 2000 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Dzen News|Dzen News]] - 21 June 2000 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Yandex Translate|Yandex Translate]] - 22 Mar 2011 - present=== | ||
===[[wikipedia: | ===[[wikipedia:Alice (virtual assistant)|Yandex Alice]] - 10 Oct 2017 - present=== | ||
Used to profile users to sell them more personalised things. | Used to profile users to sell them more personalised things. | ||
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*[[Bing]] | *[[Bing]] | ||
*[[DuckDuckGo Browser|DuckDuckGo]] | *[[DuckDuckGo Browser|DuckDuckGo]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||