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Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by acdha »

Animats wrote: post #5

We will share ... your account registration information (such as your user ID, gender, name, email address, postcode & age), your content and advertising interests, content associated with your account, the types of services you use and how you engage with them, cookie and device IDs, IP addresses, geolocation information and activity information from across our websites, apps, software and other services. All of the…

> We will also delete or anonymize your account data and settings across the Yahoo network. This includes the contents of your Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Contacts, Business Mail services provided with your Aabaco Small Business account, My Yahoo settings and more, including your Flickr photos and the statistics for your Flickr account, if applicable.

The degree to which the Yahoo acquisition was purely negative for Flickr users still astounds me.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by ProAm »

soared wrote: post #15
Animats wrote: post #5

We will share ... your account registration information (such as your user ID, gender, name, email address, postcode & age), your content and advertising interests, content associated with your account, the types of services you use and how you engage with them, cookie and device IDs, IP addresses, geolocation information and activity information from across our websites, apps, software and other services. All of the…

A fun test would be to post the data sharing policy of various services/apps and see how often someone posts a comment like this. Someone always posts a comment like this and it always feels, to me, like a knee-jerk reaction. They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? Just because Yahoo is forthecoming about th…

> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now?

To be honest, it's already in the wild when they where hacked and everything was stolen. 3 billion accounts. [1]

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up...

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by soared »

ProAm wrote: post #22
soared wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A fun test would be to post the data sharing policy of various services/apps and see how often someone posts a comment like this. Someone always posts a comment like this and it always feels, to me, like a knee-jerk reaction. They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? Just because Yahoo is forthecoming about th…

> They've had your data for years (and were previously not only irresponsible but likely shared it with countless other partners), what has changed now? To be honest, it's already in the wild when they where hacked and everything was stolen. 3 billion accounts. [1] [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/04/how-the-yahoo-hack-stacks-up...

You could almost argue your data is safer with verizon than with the old yahoo! (Safer, with a hard R. Not safe, just less not-safe)

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by SirBugALot »

acdha wrote: post #21
Animats wrote: post #5

We will share ... your account registration information (such as your user ID, gender, name, email address, postcode & age), your content and advertising interests, content associated with your account, the types of services you use and how you engage with them, cookie and device IDs, IP addresses, geolocation information and activity information from across our websites, apps, software and other services. All of the…

> We will also delete or anonymize your account data and settings across the Yahoo network. This includes the contents of your Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Contacts, Business Mail services provided with your Aabaco Small Business account, My Yahoo settings and more, including your Flickr photos and the statistics for your Flickr account, if applicable. The degree to which the Yahoo acquisition was purely negati…

It's terrible. Do you know any site similar to it that's as good as flickr used to be (i.e: being able to view/download original size pictures, and all the EXIF data galore)?

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by ballenf »

jtokoph wrote: post #4

Let's say I run company A, and Company B wants to buy all of my user's information but I've already created policies that say I won't share user information with 3rd parties. Could I: 1. Create a subsidiary (Company C) 2. Share info 'internally' with company C 3. Sell Company C to Company B

Most privacy policies have an "out" only for acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the parent org.

The reality is that if you're considering selling the golden goose of all your user data then you might as well just sell the business outright and be in 100% compliance without the expense of the proposed convolutions or risk of FTC ire.

With not a damn thing your users can do short of trying to delete their accounts.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by maxerickson »

Animats wrote: post #5

We will share ... your account registration information (such as your user ID, gender, name, email address, postcode & age), your content and advertising interests, content associated with your account, the types of services you use and how you engage with them, cookie and device IDs, IP addresses, geolocation information and activity information from across our websites, apps, software and other services. All of the…

Take care though, they allow email address reuse.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

jtokoph wrote: post #4

Let's say I run company A, and Company B wants to buy all of my user's information but I've already created policies that say I won't share user information with 3rd parties. Could I: 1. Create a subsidiary (Company C) 2. Share info 'internally' with company C 3. Sell Company C to Company B

Usually there's a unilateral T&C alteration clause, so you can do what you like just change the terms first. Change them right back a microsecond later if you like?

Just word it "not share with unrelated third parties" and it reads like "no sharing" but of course any party you're selling too is related by contract.

No-one reads the terms really, well I'd guess Probably what's needed is a general framework from law about not sharing without explicit consent banning the company; and that personal data expires in a company transfer/sale without consent (but perhaps a lower bar there).

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