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Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! Mail is a free web-based email service. In order to use Yahoo! Mail, you must be a registered Yahoo! user.

Information Collection and Use Practices

  • If you have previously registered with Yahoo!, the first time you access Yahoo! Mail, you will be asked for the first and last name you would like to display on all outgoing mail messages. You can choose the name you would like your account to reflect.
  • If you register with Yahoo! through Yahoo! Mail, this information will be collected during the registration process.
  • Yahoo!'s practice is not to use addressing information or the content of messages stored in your Yahoo! Mail account for marketing purposes.
  • If you sign up for Reminders, we ask you to specify your email address and information you want to include in the Reminder.

Email Content Management

Yahoo! considers email transmitted via its service to be the private correspondence between the sender and the recipient. Yahoo! will not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a user's private communications, except that user agrees Yahoo! may do so: (a) as required by law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) if necessary to enforce Yahoo!'s Terms of Service; (d) to respond to claims that such contents infringe the rights of third parties; (e) to protect the rights or property of Yahoo! or others; (f) to identify or resolve technical problems or respond to complaints about the Service; and (g) to implement security measures to guard against viruses, hacks, and other malicious applications or files.

Practices Regarding Your Ability to Update or Delete Information

  • You can modify your settings and preferences in your Yahoo! Mail account by accessing "Options" or your Yahoo! account information.
  • You can edit or remove your Reminders at any time.

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