Only members themselves can share their last names, personal email addresses, or contact information with other members. Our motto is, “Your identity, your mailbox, your choice”. Members can also make their profiles private, block selected members from contacting them, and permanently exclude members from their new searches.

This involves a system of checks and balances that seek to ensure that all new profiles comply with the Terms of Service and Member Guidelines. Customer Care agents work diligently to review profiles and take action against those profiles that, in our view, violate guidelines or are otherwise unacceptable.

After their first profile view, non-members are required to join, accept our terms of service, and post a profile before they can do anything else on the site. You can be confident that people viewing your profile have indicated that they are single, over 18, and serious about dating. Members who we determine are violating our terms or guidelines can be immediately deactivated.

There are prominent “report concern” links on the site, including on all member profile detail pages. If you spot abuse, we encourage you to report it. Every single member complaint is reviewed by someone from the Yahoo! Personals Customer Care Team. In turn, Customer Care may deactivate offending members or take other appropriate action.