Company: YEXT
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001614178-25-000030
Chunk: 63

Company: Yext, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 63
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 is inherently unpredictable, we cannot assure you that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

We are subject to governmental regulation and other legal obligations, including those related to privacy, data protection and information security, and our actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could harm our business. Compliance with such laws and obligations could also impair our efforts to maintain and expand our customer base, and thereby decrease our revenue.

We receive, store, and process various types of data, including personal data, from and about customers, including third-party reseller customers, partners, end users of our services, and in limited cases, end consumers, as well as data from and about our personnel and service providers. In connection with future feature offerings, we may receive, store and process additional types of data, including personal data. Our processing of data is subject to a variety of laws and regulations, including regulation by various government agencies, such as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, and various state, local and foreign agencies. Our data processing is also subject to contractual obligations and industry standards.  

The U.S. federal and various state governments have adopted requirements related to the collection, distribution, use, storage and security of personal data, including unique online identifiers. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, or CCPA, originally became effective January 1, 2020 and an amended version became effective on January 1, 2023. The amended CCPA requires covered businesses to, among other things, make new disclosures to consumers about their data collection, use, and sharing practices, and allows consumers to opt out of certain data sharing with third parties. Under the amended CCPA, consumers include individuals that interact with us in a professional or employment capacity. The CCPA provides a limited private cause of action for certain data breaches. Numerous other states have proposed, and in many cases, enacted, privacy legislation. The effects of such state privacy laws are potentially significant and may require us to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply and increase our potential exposure to regulatory enforcement and/or litigation. We expect additional states may continue to enact data protection legislation that may be similar to or different from the state privacy laws already adopted.  

Additionally, the FTC and many state attorneys general are interpreting federal and state consumer protection laws as imposing standards for the collection, use, dissemination, and security of personal data. We may be required to incur costs and expenses to stay