Yahoo has my info!

[crocus]

I just looked in my main Yahoo account and they have my home address, full birthdate, and home telephone number. I didn't give them all of this info. This is a little scary! How did they do this? Does anyone else see this in your Yahoo account?

[keepongoing]

they ask you for it when u setup the account, just made one yesterday

[joesshooze]

I think you are on the wrong forum this is eBay. :-)

[rsot]

I think you likely gave them the info when you made the e-mail OP - you just have forgotten that you did...?

[crocus]

Yahoo asks for birthdate, address, phone?????

I don't think I gave them that info. This email was used with one of my real PP accounts, so maybe they grabbed the info from PP emails? Yahoo is known to snoop in the content of your emails.

[keepongoing]

yes they ask for that when u make a yahoo email. I just made one and now they text your phone a code to complete the process, this was for yahoo mail only

[Bunneh]

Originally Posted by crocus

Yahoo asks for birthdate, address, phone?????

I don't think I gave them that info. This email was used with one of my real PP accounts, so maybe they grabbed the info from PP emails? Yahoo is known to snoop in the content of your emails.

This is not physically possible.
Any info YAHOO has, is what you have given them when signing up.

[crocus]

Wrong!

Yahoo Is Axing Mail Classic But The New Version Reads Your Emails

When you upgrade, you will be accepting our Communications Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This includes the acceptance of automated content scanning and analyzing of your communications content.

[stevenbj]

You must have given them the information on account opening. There is no way they could do that without your permission. Data protection Act if you are in the Uk am sure there must be something similar in America.

[unkown5454]

Hurry, unplug your computer and run like hell!

[GreenBean]

Go over their T&S.

Email them if you are that worried.

I have 3 Yahoo accounts.

All have info, including phone numbers that I supplied on account creation.

How old is this account?

[crocus]

I'm not sure, but I would guess it is 10-15 years old.

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by crocus

I'm not sure, but I would guess it is 10-15 years old.

Then chances are you did enter it yourself sometime within this timeframe.

[GreenBean]

@crocus

My super old yahoo account is within that period. Rarely use the account, of course.

It has all the info as you said.

Luckily it is all out of date now.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by crocus

I'm not sure, but I would guess it is 10-15 years old.

If you are concerned crocus, close them up and move on - likely entered your full info 10-15 years ago - happens