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Linked consumer and business accounts share personal information

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 288 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

May Yelp associate a user's consumer and business accounts?
Yelp may associate a user's consumer and business accounts and link the personal information from each account to provide a better user experience.
May Yelp link the personal information from each account to provide a better user experience?
Yelp may associate a user's consumer and business accounts and link the personal information from each account to provide a better user experience.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Personal information held in separate consumer and business accounts may be merged by Yelp, expanding the profile of data associated with a single user.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
5
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4429 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If you maintain both a consumer and a business account on Yelp, the personal information in each account may be linked together by Yelp.

How other platforms handle this

Ancestry Medium

Under Section 1798.83, Ancestry currently does not share any Personal Information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

Squarespace Medium

Your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you live, such as, for example, to our servers in the US.

Lime Medium

if you are accessing and using Lime Services under a corporate account...you acknowledge and agree that Lime may share certain of your usage information with whomever provided you with access to the Lime Services

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If you have both a consumer and business account, we may associate both accounts to provide you a better user experience, which means we will link the personal information associated with each account.

Excerpt from Yelp's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
VPPA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Yelp Privacy Policy
Entity
Yelp
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-035720
Document ID
CA-D-00240
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
51561e30af8e079800e9ac660a18e31e22bde04231b4606f56bdb8b8e3ae902f
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:29 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Yelp
Document: Yelp Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-035720
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:29:50 UTC
SHA-256: 51561e30af8e0798…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/yelp/yelp-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-035720/linked-consumer-and-business-accounts-share-personal-information/
Accessed: Aug. 19, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Yelp's Linked consumer and business accounts share personal information clause do?

Personal information held in separate consumer and business accounts may be merged by Yelp, expanding the profile of data associated with a single user.

How does this clause affect you?

If you maintain both a consumer and a business account on Yelp, the personal information in each account may be linked together by Yelp.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 288 platforms. See the full comparison.

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