Yahoo is now part of Oath

Note that Yahoo's account integration is weak and weird so you may wish to manually delete things linked to your account first.

For example, if you have any Yahoo Groups you own, you should either delete them or transfer ownership first, as Yahoo has basically left that area on life support only and won't even promote a member to a moderator, let alone owner after a poll anymore -- so there are groups basically accumulating spam, with public posts that need to be deleted, or just unable to get new members.

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 that they're sharing data, rather than selling it and not telling, thats grounds to close your account? I'm not saying you shouldn't, just odd to always see this comment.

Thank you for this link. Worked well and quickly. I haven't maintained my yahoo account for years, it's good to actually get rid of it.

> 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.

Take care though, they allow email address reuse.

If you didn't know by now, assume it on all services. They promise the moon and then change the Privacy Policy when Wall Street demands 30% q2q growth.

Apparently doesn't work if you don't have a yahoo mail account.

In that case I'd suggest "Mom" or "Dad" for maximum effectiveness. Oooh or maybe "YOU HAVE WON".

4. ???

5. Laugh all the way to the bank.

Technically, of course you can, but practically, if someone sued, you would probably have a hard time convincing others that you are complying with your own policy. It's probably easier to just to change your ToS/privacy policy.

In what sense are you asking if you "Can" do it.

The FTC is fairly broadly empowered to stop deceptive practices, and most of the standards there are about what reasonable users would expect.

So you may be able to work around a contract implicit or explicit, but in practice it's unlikely you would get away with it.

Plus if you said this to a judge they'd laugh at you. They are not (and should not be) judging automatons.

Sometimes programmers' minds get infected with the idea that the whole world, especially courts and regulatory agencies, are just little virtual machines that will dutifully execute based on whatever steps you lay out at the beginning. They're not. Machines can't call bullshit on you, but people will.

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.

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 <<1%?

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).

What policies have you created? How are those enforced? Are they even enforceable?

Depending on how they are worded, either the share, and/oor the sale, and/or neither will break the policy

This comment wins the Internet today.

It's about time! I wonder when someone last used their products and cheered instead of swearing?

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

Very clever, but

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2. a statement or promise strengthened by such an appeal.

Oath promises to connect over a billion people to a stable of brands that they love. The is Oath's promise, feel the .

“This is our promise to you. To connect your brand to over a billion crazy in love [in love with brands] people.“ https://www.oath.com/ [Can you kick it? Play video]

It's in the barftastic marketing-speak copy in the video.

1-user gsuite account. 1TB for $5/month

I've been liking Flickr less and less with Yahoo's decline and the tie-in to Yahoo accounts. The only reason I have a Yahoo account is because it was required for Flickr.

For my own uses, been thinking of self-hosting something like Zenphoto on a subdomain.

My first thought was:

https://openauthentication.org/

I appreciate the name. They might have aimed for honor, but also invoked obscenity and that fits perfectly.