Yahoo Retains User Information for Three Years (Google is Even Worse)
I finally cancelled my Yahoo account this week mainly because I never used it and also because it would just be one less entry about me in a database. After I cancelled it, I got a confirmation email stating that my account data would be deleted in 90 days. I think this is normal for an online business and they are honest about their data retention policies, unlike Google whose privacy policy says that they can collect any information they want and use it any way they want. The scary part about Yahoo’s email to me however, was the data retention on Premium Yahoo Finance accounts.