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A broad range of user-generated content, including items users may not consider public (such as bookmarks or collections), is disclosed to the general public by default.
Content you contribute to Yelp — including photos, reviews, ratings, bookmarks, collections, and other listed items — can be seen by the public.
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Some of our websites may allow for comments or reviews in a public forum. If you post on these pages, what you share may be publicly available.
When creating or updating your Account or purchasing a Subscription, you must provide true, accurate and complete information, including contact details which allow us to contact you easily and quickly.
You will include a date/time stamp adjacent to your display of pricing or availability information on your application if you obtain Product Advertising Content from Data Feeds, or if you call Creators API, PA API or refresh the Product Advertising Content...less frequently than hourly.
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"Your contributions to the Service are accessible to the public, including your photos, videos, ratings, reviews, posts, lists, bookmarks and collections, compliments, review reactions, and edits you suggest...— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Privacy Policy
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A broad range of user-generated content, including items users may not consider public (such as bookmarks or collections), is disclosed to the general public by default.
Content you contribute to Yelp — including photos, reviews, ratings, bookmarks, collections, and other listed items — can be seen by the public.
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