As we logged to yahoo mail today, we'll find yahoo getting prepared for speed issue. This is how we relate their data copy offer announcement . It said:Improve performance, We can increase site speed and efficiency for you by copying your user information (which may include sensitive data) to one of our servers in Australia . Please note that privacy protections provided by Australia may be different from those provided by your country. For more information about how Yahoo! treats your information, check out our privacy policies.
Create a copy. Click this button to optimize performance. By doing so, you permit Yahoo! to process and duplicate your personal information on servers located in Australia .
Don't create a copy. Click this button if you do not wish to have your personal information copied to servers located in Australia . You can still use our service, though the site may not perform optimally.
But this could be a letting personal data to be exposed to yahoo partner's website, as it stated on term of INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE,
General
Yahoo! collects personal information when you register with Yahoo!, when you use Yahoo! products or services, when you visit Yahoo! pages or the pages of certain Yahoo! partners, and when you enter promotions or sweepstakes. Yahoo! may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, birth date, gender, ZIP code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. For some financial products and services we might also ask for your address, Social Security number, and information about your assets. When you register with Yahoo! and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
Yahoo! collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners, including information about your use of financial products and services that we offer.
Which include all yahoo groups involved here like :
AllTheWeb.com Yahoo! Address Book Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! Answers Yahoo! Autos Yahoo! Family Accounts Fire Eagle Flickr Yahoo! Finance My Yahoo! MyBlogLog Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Mail Beta Yahoo! Maps Yahoo! Message Boards Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! Movies Yahoo! Music
Shine Yahoo! Search Yahoo! Search Protection Yahoo! Security Key Yahoo! Shopping Yahoo! Small Business Yahoo! Sports Yahoo! Bookmarks Yahoo! BrowserPlus Yahoo! Buzz Yahoo! Games Yahoo! GeoCities Yahoo! Green Yahoo! Greetings Yahoo! Groups Yahoo! News Yahoo! Notepad Yahoo! TV Coverage Yahoo! Toolbar Yahoo! Travel Yahoo! Calendar Yahoo! Connected TV Yahoo! Health Yahoo! Help Yahoo! HotJobs Yahoo! Pipes Yahoo! People Search Yahoo! Personals Yahoo! Privacy Policy for AT&T Yahoo! Service Users Yahoo! Privacy Policy for Verizon Yahoo! Service Users Yahoo! Product Submit Yahoo! Promotions Yahoo! Pulse OMGYahoo! Wallet Yahoo! Weather Yahoo! Web Analytics Yahoo! Widget Engine
