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Legal and law enforcement disclosure of user information

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Yelp's threshold for disclosing user information to law enforcement is its own good faith belief of reasonable necessity, not a confirmed legal obligation or court order.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after item (a), indicating additional grounds for disclosure exist. Only ground (a) is captured in the canonical claim. The other grounds are noted in omitted_material.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1961 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your information may be investigated and disclosed to law enforcement based on Yelp's good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary, without your knowledge or consent.

How other platforms handle this

Datadog Medium

Datadog also may cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies, regulators, or other appropriate third parties to help with the investigation and prosecution of illegal conduct.

Grindr Medium

Any suspected fraudulent, abusive illegal activity, or circumstances where We believe there is a risk of physical harm or a threat to the safety of others, may be grounds for termination...and may be referred to appropriate law enforcement authorities.

Glassdoor Medium

Enforce our Terms of Use, this Policy, and any other agreements we may have.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure: (a) is reasonably necessary to comply with legal or law enforcement processes, such as a search warrant, subpoena...

— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

DMCA
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
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-035774
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-035774
Captured: 2026-05-08 01:29:50 UTC
SHA-256: 51561e30af8e0798…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/yelp/yelp-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-035774/legal-and-law-enforcement-disclosure-of-user-information/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
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Classification
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Yelp's Legal and law enforcement disclosure of user information clause do?

Yelp's threshold for disclosing user information to law enforcement is its own good faith belief of reasonable necessity, not a confirmed legal obligation or court order.

How does this clause affect you?

Your information may be investigated and disclosed to law enforcement based on Yelp's good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary, without your knowledge or consent.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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