If you live in the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland, Yelp Ireland Ltd. is responsible for your data under GDPR, and you have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, port your data, and object to how it is used, and you can complain to your national data protection authority.
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European Residents have more extensive statutory data rights than most other users, including the right to object to processing for legitimate interests purposes and the right to data portability, which are directly enforceable against Yelp Ireland Ltd.
EU, EEA, UK, and Swiss residents can exercise GDPR rights including data deletion and objection to processing directly with Yelp Ireland Ltd. and can escalate to their national supervisory authority if their request is not handled appropriately.
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"If you are a European Resident, Yelp Ireland Ltd. is the controller of your personal information. You have the right to: access your personal information; rectify inaccurate personal information; erase your personal information (right to be forgotten); restrict processing of your personal information; data portability; object to processing; and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the UK GDPR apply to Yelp Ireland Ltd.'s processing of European Residents' personal data. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the lead supervisory authority for Yelp Ireland Ltd. under the GDPR's one-stop-shop mechanism, though other EEA national authorities may also have jurisdiction for local matters. UK users fall under the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) oversight. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Yelp Ireland Ltd.'s status as data controller for European Residents is clearly stated, which is a positive transparency indicator. However, the policy does not enumerate the specific legal bases relied upon for each processing purpose, which is a GDPR Article 13/14 transparency requirement. The right to withdraw consent and the right to object are both mentioned, but the practical mechanism for exercising these rights and the consequences of doing so are not fully detailed in the publicly available policy text. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EEA residents fall under Yelp Ireland Ltd. jurisdiction with the Irish DPC as lead supervisory authority. UK residents fall under UK GDPR with the ICO as competent authority. Swiss residents' data protection is governed by the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection. Transfers of European Residents' data outside the EEA must comply with GDPR Chapter V transfer mechanisms. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Data processing agreements between Yelp Ireland Ltd. and sub-processors must comply with GDPR Article 28 requirements. International data transfer mechanisms (standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions) should be documented and maintained. Business customers in the EU using Yelp for advertising services should confirm their own controller/processor roles. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should request Yelp Ireland Ltd.'s Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) documentation to verify that all processing purposes and legal bases are documented as required by GDPR Article 30. The mechanism for exercising data portability should be tested to confirm it provides data in a commonly used, machine-readable format as required by GDPR. Response timelines for GDPR rights requests (one month, extendable to three months with notice) should be operationally verified.
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European Residents have more extensive statutory data rights than most other users, including the right to object to processing for legitimate interests purposes and the right to data portability, which are directly enforceable against Yelp Ireland Ltd.
EU, EEA, UK, and Swiss residents can exercise GDPR rights including data deletion and objection to processing directly with Yelp Ireland Ltd. and can escalate to their national supervisory authority if their request is not handled appropriately.
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