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This document explains what data Yelp collects about you, how it uses that data, and who it shares it with. Yelp may collect your location continuously in the background, use your account information for advertising, and share hashed versions of your personal contact details with outside advertising partners. Closing your account does not delete all of your information, and your reviews and ratings remain on the platform regardless.
Yelp's Privacy Policy establishes the scope of data collection, use, sharing, and retention practices governing users of the platform. Yelp may collect precise geolocation continuously — including during background app operation — and use account information, location data, and behavioral interactions for personalization, recommendations, and advertising, including ad attribution. Personal identifiers and hashed contact data are shared with third-party advertising service providers. AI technologies may analyze user contributions and interactions for personalization and may also be used to train or fine-tune AI models. Account closure does not result in full data deletion, as Yelp retains information for purposes authorized under the policy, and business pages, ratings, and reviews persist independently of account status.
Users of Yelp are subject to continuous background location collection if the app has been granted location access, and their account information — including hashed email addresses, phone numbers, and IP addresses — may be shared with third-party advertising providers. A broad range of user-generated content, including bookmarks and collections, is made publicly accessible by default. AI systems may analyze user contributions and interactions and may use that data for AI model training. Closing an account removes or dissociates certain public posts but does not result in full deletion of personal information. If you want to limit background location collection, you can revoke the app's location access through your device settings.
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