Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News is a free service, providing you with comprehensive and up-to-date news on the Web. You do not need to be a Yahoo! registered user to access this service.
Information Collection and Use Practices
- Email a Friend
- You can email a friend a news story by clicking on the "Email this story" link at the bottom of a news article. In order to use the "Email a story" feature, you must enter your name and email address and the name and email address of the recipient.
- You have the option of entering a personal message that may or may not include personally identifiable information.
- Your name and email address will be visible to the recipient of the news story.
- Yahoo! does not use the names or email addresses from this service for any marketing purposes.
- Feedback Form
- You can also submit feedback to Yahoo! News by using the Yahoo! News Source Submission Form. This form asks you to give us your name and email address if you would like us to be able to contact you.
- This information is optional and will be used to contact you regarding the feedback that you have provided to us.
- News for You
- The News for You module shows popular news content that may be personalized for you based on factors like past reading activity. In cases where it shows suggested topics of interest, logged-in users may declare topics of interest and receive some content based on their interests. Your suggested topics may be based on popular topics or topics based on your Yahoo! News activity. You may add and subtract topics of interest using the Media Interest Manager. You can manage your topics of interest by selecting and de-selecting items under the “All Topics” section and then clicking “Save Interests”.
Yahoo! Social Bar
- Yahoo! Social Bar allows you to automatically share the Yahoo! activity you view with your friends and easily discover things that are interesting to them.
- When you opt-in to Yahoo! Social Bar, Yahoo! will automatically share links to the Yahoo! activity you view to both your friends on Facebook and to your Facebook friends on Yahoo!.
- You can turn off automatic sharing by clicking on the “Social” drop-down menu in “You on Yahoo! News” on the Yahoo! News page. You can also remove individual articles you’ve shared by clicking on the “Your Activity” drop-down menu in “You on Yahoo! News”.
- Please read our FAQ to learn more or visit Yahoo! News Activity Help if you have more questions.
Other
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.