When you post a review, photo, or other content on Yelp, you grant Yelp a permanent, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, and display that content, and this license continues even if you later delete your account.
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Your reviews, photos, and other contributions to Yelp are licensed to Yelp on terms that outlast your account, meaning content you post may continue to appear on or be used by Yelp even after you leave the platform.
Interpretive note: The practical scope of the license survival clause depends on whether specific content constitutes personal data under applicable law, which varies by jurisdiction and may limit the clause's enforceability for EEA, UK, and California users.
Reviews, photos, check-ins, and other content you submit to Yelp are subject to a broad license that allows Yelp to reproduce, modify, and sublicense that content indefinitely, which may create tension with any expectation that deleting your account removes your content from use.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The perpetual and irrevocable nature of this content license engages GDPR Article 17 (right to erasure) for EEA and UK users, as users may request deletion of personal data yet the agreement asserts …
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Your reviews, photos, and other contributions to Yelp are licensed to Yelp on terms that outlast your account, meaning content you post may continue to appear on or be used by Yelp even after you leave the platform.
Reviews, photos, check-ins, and other content you submit to Yelp are subject to a broad license that allows Yelp to reproduce, modify, and sublicense that content indefinitely, which may create tension with any expectation that deleting your account removes your content from use.
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