Yelp Exposes Home-Based Business Addresses Despite Privacy Settings
Small home-based businesses that list on Yelp find their home addresses indexed publicly on Google despite privacy settings, creating real personal safety risks. Yelp customer service refuses to remove listings, citing public domain, and hangs up on users requesting account deletion. Thousands of home-based entrepreneurs face this privacy trap with no recourse.
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