Oath is home to the sites and apps you know and love, such as HuffPost, Tumblr, Yahoo Mail, TechCrunch and many more.
Our stories and services connect with 1 billion people around the world every day.
Our technologies make sure you have experiences that reflect your passions, interests and goals.
So you feel like one in a billion.
When you scroll and swipe across our sites and apps, we start learning what you like and get better at showing you more relevant stories, videos, and ads.
We also remember you when you return to our sites and apps, so you don't need to log in every time.
We achieve this using cookies and other tech with less fun names.
We use data to improve your experiences across our sites and apps. It helps us bring you the stories you want to see, deliver agreed-upon services such as email, carry out necessary business operations, and more. We conduct these operations in accordance with the latest data protection laws.
Sometimes it takes teamwork to bring you the experiences that you expect and want. We may provide information to our parent company Verizon, our partners and other parties for product improvements, research and analysis, and to help them provide you with more relevant experiences and ads.
Your privacy is as important to us as it is to you. That’s why we give you controls. You can see and manage your account information, marketing preferences, location data, search history and more.
Protecting your data is our priority. Our global security unit operates across our company, with a mission to monitor, detect and investigate. We also strive to build privacy and security directly into the products we create to provide you with better performance and protection.
Every day, Oath’s sites and apps are building millions of stories and features. We want to make sure you’re seeing the ones most connected to your interests. That starts with data.
You provide us with your data when you interact with us, for example when you:
You might use your smartphone in the morning, a desktop at work, a laptop or tablet at home. To unite your experiences, we collect data along the way, including:
To provide you with a consistent experience wherever you go, we collect location information, which can include:
The way a bookshelf says a lot about your likes, browsing habits shed light on what you enjoy, too. We use cookies and other technology to see:
This includes:
Get more details in our Privacy Policy.
Oath uses cookies and device identifiers to help us collect information. These technologies use alphanumeric tokens that identify your browser and/or device. Here's what they do:
"Remember" you when you sign in, so you always get a custom experience.
Link log-in info across devices, so your phone experience matches your laptop one.
Deliver ads relevant to you.
Measure how our services are performing and guide new product development.
Help identify fraudulent or abusive activities.
Provide extra security, like requiring you to log-in again after a visit has "timed out".
Gather analytics and run reports.
We also allow third-parties to use cookies and similar technologies on your device. Their use of cookies and other technologies are subject to their own privacy policies, but not ours.
We mainly rely on three separate bases to lawfully process your information.
We need to process your information in certain ways to provide our services to you. This includes activities like processing your information for the purposes of personalising content and ads.
Where you have given us consent to use your information in certain ways, we will rely on it. Remember that you have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your information and your use of our services at any time. You can find more information on how to withdraw your consent in our Privacy Center.
In certain cases, we may use your information to provide, improve, and customise our services. This may include sharing your information when necessary to pursue our legitimate interests and your legitimate interests in receiving personalised content, ads, and services.
Using your information for the reasons described in our Privacy Policy is also necessary to allow us to pursue our legitimate interests of improving our services, obtaining insights into usage patterns of our services, efficiency, and interest of our Services for users.
So, what are we doing with all this data, anyway? We use the information that we have about you to deliver, personalise and improve our services. We also use your data in other ways, for example, to:
Customise the content and services you encounter on our sites and apps.
Provide, update, upgrade and develop new features, stories and services.
Analyse your content and other information to keep our services safe and secure and to help us make the content and ads more personalised to your interests
Tailor and target the ads you see on every Oath site, across every device and even when you visit other sites.
Contact you about your account or to send you marketing messages, which you can control.
Analyse your data for performance and trend reports.
Combine our data with information we get from other business partners and companies to help us deliver content, services and ads that suit your interests, and also to defend against fraudulent and abusive activity.
To learn more about how we use your data, check out our Privacy Policy.
All the great stories you read, videos you watch, and services you use across Oath’s house of brands are brought to you by advertising. We use our technologies to sell ads and deliver them to you on our properties as well as on sites and apps outside of our company. Data helps us do things like show you ads that are relevant to you.
It takes a team to deliver great content and services.
Playing well together requires sharing information with our teammates consistent with our Privacy Policy.
We allow other companies and third-party apps integrated into our services to collect information from your browsers and/or devices. Their use of cookies and other technologies are subject to their own privacy policies, but not ours.
In certain circumstances, we may access, preserve and disclose information for legal purposes, for example when required by law, or to comply with legal and governmental agency requests.
Make sure to check out our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we share your information.
Think of data as a set of tools. We use them to build the best possible site and app experiences, but you have controls. You can visit our Privacy Center at any time to review, manage, and download your data.
In some cases, you may:
You may also delete your account, ask for your data to be deleted, and withdraw consent from our Privacy policy and Terms of service. We will honor these requests, but please note you will lose access to our sites and services. In some cases, we will continue to process your data for purposes that include complying with other legal obligations.
We know security is important to you. Oath has technical, administrative and physical safeguards in place to help protect against unauthorized access, use or disclosure of customer information we collect or store.
Oath is a global company with platforms, partners and affiliates on just about every continent helping to provide you with the content and services you love. Oath may transfer information about you outside the European Economic Area (EEA) based on: