Personal data management
When you use the internet, your personal data (such as your browsing history, search queries, and correspondence) remains in the browser.
According to the General Data Protection Regulation, users can manage their personal data on the services where the data is stored. For example, if a user wants to delete their data, the service must grant their request.
On Yandex services, we store users' personal data with utmost care and make sure it's well-protected. All our repositories comply with SOC 2, which is one of the most reliable international standards for managing user data.
You can manage your personal information on the Your data on Yandex page.
- Go to Your data on Yandex and make sure that you're logged in with the right Yandex ID.
- Click Download data.
- Click Create archive.
Yandex will notify you by email when the archive is ready for download. If you don't have a Yandex email, you have to check the archive loading status on the page.
- Go to Your data on Yandex and make sure that you're logged in with the right Yandex ID.
- In the Delete data section, click the button with the service name. You'll see a list of all the data types that Yandex stores for this service.Note. If the service isn't there, click Other services at the bottom of the list.
- Select the line with the data type.
- In the window that opens, click Delete. If you change your mind about deleting data, click Cancel.
After deletion, almost all data immediately become unavailable. Yandex will store some types of data for a period of time as is required by law.