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===FindWhat.com===
In May 1999, GoTo.com filed a patent application titled "System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine". The patent was granted as {{Cite patent|country=US|number=6269361}} in July 2001. A related patent has also been granted in Australia and other patent applications remain pending.
Prior to its acquisition by Yahoo!, Overture initiated infringement proceedings under this patent against FindWhat.com in January 2002 and [[Google]] in April 2002.<ref>[http://news.com/2100-1023-876861.html Overture sues Google over search patent], Stefanie Olsen and Gwendolyn Mariano, CNet news.com, April 5, 2002</ref>
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== Geocities ==
In 1999, a complaint was instituted against GeoCities stating that the corporation violated the provisions of the [[Federal Trade Commission Act]] under 14 USC §45, which states in relevant part, "Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful." The FTC found that GeoCities was engaged in deceptive acts and practices in contravention to their stated privacy act. Subsequently, a consent order was entered into which prohibits GeoCities from misrepresenting the purpose for which it collects and/or uses personal identifying information from consumers. A copy of the complaint and order can be found at [http://www.ftc.gov/os/decisions/docs/Volume127.pdf#page=94 127 F.T.C. 94] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511204518/http://www.ftc.gov/os/decisions/docs/Volume127.pdf#page=94 |date=2009-05-11 }} (page 94).<ref name=ftc127>
The litigation came about in this way: GeoCities provided free home pages and e-mail address to children and adults who provided personally identifying and demographic information when they registered for the website. At the time of the complaint, GeoCities had more than 1.8 million members who were "homesteaders." GeoCities illegally permitted third-party advertisers to promote products targeted to GeoCities' 1.8 million users, by using [[personally identifiable information]] obtained in the registration process. These acts and practices affected "commerce" as defined in Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission.<ref name=ftc127/>
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==Wang Xiaoning and Shi Tao==
On April 18, 2007, [[Wang Xiaoning]]'s wife Yu Ling sued Yahoo! under [[human rights]] laws, specifically the [[Alien Torts Statute]] (28 U.S.C. § 1350) and [[Torture Victim Protection Act]] of 1991 (TVPA), 106 Stat. 73 (1992) in federal court in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/04/19/BUGU9PB4SG1.DTL&type=printable|title= Suit by wife of Chinese activist|author= Egelko, Bob|date= 2007-04-19|publisher= SF Gate}}</ref> Wang was named as a [[plaintiff]] in the Yahoo suit, as was [[Shi Tao (journalist)|Shi Tao]], a Chinese journalist detained and convicted for emailing a description of Chinese’s government’s instructions to journalists for the upcoming anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. Both men were punished for exercising their freedom of speech because Yahoo!’s Chinese subsidiary provided their identifying information to the Chinese government.<ref name="humanrightsusa.org">
The lawsuit was filed by the [[World Organization for Human Rights USA]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Second Amended Complaint|url= http://www.humanrightsusa.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=68&Itemid=80|access-date= 2012-03-14|archive-date= 2011-04-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110408061713/http://www.humanrightsusa.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=68&Itemid=80|url-status= dead}}</ref> "Yahoo is guilty of 'an act of corporate irresponsibility,' said [[Morton Sklar]], then the Executive Director of the group. 'Yahoo had reason to know that if they provided China with identification information that those individuals would be arrested."<ref name="Post">{{cite news|title= Advocates Sue Yahoo In Chinese Torture Case | date = 2007-04-20|
In 2006, Yahoo! executives had testified before the [[House Committee on Foreign Affairs]] that the company was unaware of the nature of the charges against Shi Tao when it gave his personal information to the Chinese government. However, in the course of the litigation, new evidence came to light that Yahoo! knew what the charges against Shi Tao were and disclosed his identity anyway.<ref name="humanrightsusa.org"/>
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==Pincus v. Yahoo! Inc.==
'''Pincus v. Yahoo! Inc.''', 13-cv-05326, was a lawsuit filed in the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] in [[San Jose, California]]. Brian Pincus was seeking a [[class-action suit]] to represent non-Yahoo customers whose email address was intercepted by [[Yahoo!]] who allegedly targets ads to increase its revenue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sandler |first=Linda |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-16/yahoo-sued-in-california-for-allegedly-intercepting-e-mails-1-.html |title=Yahoo Sued for Allegedly Intercepting E-Mail |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2013-11-16 |
==See also==
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