Re PSA: Yahoo->Oath TOS Countdown: 14 Days

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Wendy M. Grossman" <wendyg () pelicancrossing net>
> Date: May 11, 2018 at 12:59:11 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] PSA: Yahoo->Oath TOS Countdown: 14 Days
>
> For IP, if you wish:
>
> It's very likely that those ToS are illegal under the incoming General
> Data Protection Regulation. The ToS say they will assume you consent if
> you continue to use the service after May 25. That's not allowed under
> GDPR, which requires *active* consent to terms. In this case, it's
> particularly egregious since Yahoo acquired so many companies over the
> years that there are plenty of people who had accounts with eg
> Geocities, Flickr, Tumblr...who may have long forgotten or never
> realized they *have* Yahoo accounts now.
>
> The "Privacy Center", to which the ToS refers people for information
> about what Oath does with the data it collects, goes into detail about
> the fact that the service will track you across third-party sites and
> all your devices whether or not you are signed in. This little habit of
> Facebook's has drawn the attention of several European regulators. It's
> not likely to pass GDPR either.
>
> wg
>
> > On 11/05/18 17:10, Dave Farber wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > *From:* Sam <samwaltz.groups () gmail com <mailto:samwaltz.groups () gmail com>>
> > > *Date:* May 11, 2018 at 12:03:34 PM EDT
> > > *To:* Dave Farber IP <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>>
> > > *Subject:* *PSA: Yahoo->Oath TOS Countdown: 14 Days*
> > >
> > > Hi Dave,
> > >
> > > Your readers might want to know that the Verizon/Oath TOS replace the
> > > Yahoo TOS on 25 May.
> > > https://policies.oath.com/us/en/oath/terms/otos/index.html
> > >
> > > People can delete their accounts here:
> > > https://login.yahoo.com/account/delete-user
> > > https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user
> > >
> > > Based on Verizon's customer satisfaction rates, I suspect most of us
> > > have a strong opinion on the matter. You can find discussions on the
> > > implications to privacy and customer service anywhere you look online,
> > > including:
> > > https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-aol-oath-privacy-policy-verizon-emails-messages/
> > > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/oath-yahoo-aol-data-sharing,36953.html
> > > https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/04/psa-to-yahoo-and-aol-users-your-emails-can-be-scanned-for-targeted-advertising/
> > > https://www.komando.com/happening-now/455054/yahoo-aol-and-oaths-new-massive-email-privacy-policy-changes-you-need-to-know-about
> > >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Sam Waltz
> > >
> > > egg999.org <http://egg999.org> : Maastricht, June 2018
> > > my-camp.org <http://my-camp.org>: Perugia, July 2018
> > >
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