Provision record
Yelp · Yelp Privacy Policy · View original document ↗

Linked consumer and business accounts share personal information

High confidence Common · 281 of 343 platforms

Key Facts · in the document’s own words

May Yelp associate a user's consumer and business accounts?
“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.”
Version CA-V-005753, captured Aug. 13, 2026 · live source ↗
Our reading, not the document’s words
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)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

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

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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

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OpenAI

Applicable subprocessors may run security and safety classifiers on web pages and share results with OpenAI.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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

Provision details

Document information
Document
Yelp Privacy Policy
Entity
Yelp
Date stated by the document
Oct. 1, 2025
As printed in Yelp’s text (version CA-V-005753), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005753, captured Aug. 13, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-035720
Document ID
CA-D-000240
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005753)
64aec0ac6f173d8aef463189a5719863f3d6ce750b49f97fee270bba2f3e2393
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 01:29 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005753, captured Aug. 13, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Yelp
Document: Yelp Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-035720
Version: CA-V-005753
Captured: 2026-08-13 00:37:35 UTC
SHA-256: 64aec0ac6f173d8a…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/yelp/yelp-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-035720/linked-consumer-and-business-accounts-share-personal-information/
Accessed: Nov. 5, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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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 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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