Yahoo is now part of Oath

#1

Post by Sami_Lehtinen » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 4:59 PM UTC

Yahoo is now part of Oath
policies.yahoo.com

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#2

Post by Doches » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

This is basically the inevitable smashing together of Yahoo and AOL under Verizon. Cue misplaced 90's nostalgia in 3...2...

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#3

Post by aorth » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 5:38 PM UTC

> as of 18 September 2017, Yahoo and Oath plan to share some user information within the Verizon family of companies which will enable us to integrate our business, allowing us to coordinate more and improve your experiences.

Might want to finally ditch your yahoo email address. ;)

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#4

Post by jtokoph » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

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

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#5

Post by Animats » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 5:47 PM UTC

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 information that we collect about you may be shared across the various Oath brands and within our Verizon family of companies.

To delete your Yahoo account, click here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN2044.html

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#6

Post by skummetmaelk » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC

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

4. ???

5. Laugh all the way to the bank.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#7

Post by humanrebar » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 6:00 PM UTC

oath: noun; plural oaths

...

6. any profane expression; curse; swearword: "He slammed the door with a muttered oath."

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/oath

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#8

Post by trurl » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 6:00 PM UTC

Any suggestions for migrating away from Flickr while preserving my data? Google, etc. don't really seem like they will be any more ethical.

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#9

Post by drdeca » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 6:03 PM UTC

humanrebar wrote: post #7

oath : noun; plural oaths ... 6. any profane expression; curse; swearword: "He slammed the door with a muttered oath." http://www.dictionary.com/browse/oath

Until I read this comment, I thought it was saying Yahoo had added Oauth support. Whoops. Thanks for the correction.

Re: Yahoo is now part of Oath

#10

Post by chipotle_coyote » Tue, Oct 31, 2017, 6:05 PM UTC

Look, I just want to know if this will lead to a fix of Yahoo's most dire problem: that abominable logo redesign.