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Yahoo! Privacy and Cookie Policy

We have detailed reference links describing our privacy practices for a wide range of Yahoo! products and services. Find them here.

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Yahoo! Search

Yahoo! Search helps you find what you are looking for on the Web. You are not required to be a registered Yahoo! user in order to search web sites using Yahoo! Search.

Information Collection and Use Practices

  • Search
    • When visitors conduct a search on a site that uses Yahoo! Search Technology, including Yahoo! and alltheweb.com, we keep track of which search terms are popular.
    • Advertising shown to you may be related to the search term you entered.
    • My Yahoo! offers the option to save a list of favourite searches. Those are saved, edited and accessed from your My Yahoo! page.
  • Sponsor Results
    • Sponsor Results consist of sites who have paid for placement in the search results. These listings are provided by Yahoo!. You will need to register for a Yahoo! Search Marketing account to purchase placement in the Sponsor Results.
    • The Sponsor Results shown to you may be related to the search term you entered.
    • The Sponsor Results may contain tracking URLs provided by Yahoo! Search Marketing to identify clicks from the search results page.

Practices Regarding Your Ability to Update or Delete Information

  • Search
    • Click here for information about removing your website or web pages from the search engine.

Other

  • When you use Yahoo! Search, you are subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
  • Please see Yahoo! Search Help if you have questions about this service.

This page describes current Yahoo! practices with respect to this particular service. This information may change as Yahoo! revises this service by adding or removing features or using different service providers. To find out how Yahoo! treats your personal information, please visit our Privacy Policy.

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