Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
You must be permitted to use the Services; business users bind their entity
You agree you are permitted to use the Services under applicable law. If you use them on behalf of a company, business or other entity, you represent you have authority to accept the Terms and that entity accepts them. If you access an account on behalf of its owner, the Terms apply to your activities for that owner.
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You agree that you are permitted to use the Services under applicable law.
If you are using the Services on behalf of a company, business or other entity, you represent that you have the legal authority to accept these Terms on behalf of that entity, in which case that entity accepts these Terms, and "you" means that entity.
If you are accessing an account(s) on behalf of the account owner (e.g., as an administrator, consultant, analyst, etc.), the Terms apply to your activities on behalf of the account owner.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Minimum age bars registration; Family Account use exception; adult content
If you are under the Minimum Age defined for your country or region in Section 14 (13 in the United States section), you may not register for an account. Separately, you must be at least the Minimum Age to use the Services unless you are the holder of an existing United States account that is a Yahoo Family Account; that exception is stated for use, not for registration. Certain portions of the Services contain adult or mature content that Yahoo asks you not to access unless you are an adult (at least the age of majority in your country) or unless otherwise expressly indicated.
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If you are under the Minimum Age (as defined for your country or region in Section 14) you may not register for an account.
Unless you are the holder of an existing account in the United States that is a Yahoo
you must be at least the Minimum Age to use the Services.
Certain portions of the Services contain adult and/or mature content. Please do not access that content unless you are an adult (i.e., at least the age of majority in your country) or unless otherwise expressly indicated.
Minimum Age: 13 years old
Qualifications & exceptions
Other regions define different Minimum Ages (see the regional cards).
data: demographics
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Keep details accurate; accounts are non-transferable and rights end at death
Some Services need an account, and you must keep your account information current, complete, accurate and truthful. Unless Section 14 says differently for your region, Yahoo accounts are non-transferable and any rights to them terminate on the account holder’s death. The United States section adds that, unless required by law and pursuant to Yahoo’s policies and procedures, your account is non-transferable and rights to your content within it terminate upon your death.
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You may need an account to use some Services. You must ensure that your account information (that is, the information you provided when you registered for or subscribed to a Service) remains current, complete, accurate and truthful.
Unless stated differently for your country or region in Section 14, all Yahoo accounts are non-transferable, and any rights to them terminate upon the account holder’s death.
Unless otherwise required by law and pursuant to Yahoo’s policies and procedures, your Account is non-transferable and any rights to your content within your Account terminate upon your death.
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Account & Service Control · Company practice
Yahoo may change or stop Services and features, generally without notice
Unless Section 14 says differently for your country or region, Yahoo may, without notice, add or remove functionalities or features, create new limits, or temporarily or permanently suspend or stop a Service.
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We are constantly innovating, changing and improving the Services. Unless stated differently for your country or region in Section 14, we may, without notice, add or remove functionalities or features, create new limits to the Services, or temporarily or permanently suspend or stop a Service.
where we modify the Services as outlined in Section 7(a), or we modify these Terms pursuant to Section 12(b), we will tell you a reasonable amount of time in advance of any modifications that will materially disadvantage our users or materially limit the access or usage of Services.
we will notify you a reasonable amount of time in advance of any modifications that will be of material disadvantage to you or materially limit your access to or usage of the Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Regional sections add advance-notice commitments for material modifications to the Services or Terms, for example Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Japan (see the regional cards).
You can stop using the Services or cancel and delete your account at any time
You may stop using the Services at any time, and may cancel and delete your Yahoo account through the link the Terms provide, with more information in the relevant Help Center.
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You can stop using the Services at any time. You may cancel and delete your Yahoo account by clicking
For more information, please visit the relevant Help Center.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Yahoo may suspend or terminate accounts for any reason, including inactivity
Unless Section 14 says differently for your region, Yahoo may temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account, or limit or restrict access to parts or all of the Services, at any time, without notice and for any reason. The reasons listed include violation of the Terms, court order and inactivity.
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Unless stated differently for your country or region in Section 14, we may temporarily or permanently suspend or terminate your account or impose limits on or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services at any time, without notice and for any reason, including, but not limited to, violation of these Terms, court order, or inactivity.
If we permanently suspend or terminate your account, we will notify you in advance and allow you reasonable time to access and save information, files and content associated with your account unless we have reason to believe that continued access to your account will violate applicable legal provisions, requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, or cause damage to us or to third parties.
Qualifications & exceptions
The Europe, Middle East and Africa section adds grounds and says that, if Yahoo permanently suspends or terminates an account, it will notify the user in advance and allow reasonable time to save content, unless stated exceptions apply (see that regional card).
EMEA: account suspension grounds and notice before permanent termination
For Europe, the Middle East and Africa, without prejudice to statutory rights and subject for EU residents to the Digital Services Act provisions, Yahoo may without notice suspend or cancel your account or restrict access if you violate or it believes you are about to violate the Terms, in response to valid legal process from law enforcement or other government agencies, for unexpected technical or security issues, or for extended inactivity under its account deletion policy. If it permanently suspends or terminates your account, it will notify you in advance and allow reasonable time to access and save information, files and content, unless it has reason to believe continued access would violate legal provisions or requests from authorities or cause damage to Yahoo or third parties.
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Notwithstanding subsection (f) above and without prejudice to your statutory rights, and - with respect to users residing in the European Union, subject at all times to the provisions of subsection 14.13.o. below - we may, without notice, temporarily or permanently suspend or cancel your account or impose limits on or restrict your access to parts or all of your account or the Services:
if you violate, or we believe you are about to violate, the Terms, including any incorporated agreements, policies or guidelines;
in response to requests by law enforcement or other government agencies under valid legal process;
due to unexpected technical or security issues or problems; or
if your account shows extended periods of inactivity in accordance with our account deletion policy.
If we permanently suspend or terminate your account, we will notify you in advance and allow you reasonable time to access and save information, files and content associated with your account unless we have reason to believe that continued access to your account will violate applicable legal provisions, requests by law enforcement or other government agencies, or cause damage to us or to third parties.