YouMail, Inc.

YouMail is a service primarily focused on blocking robocalls and providing enhanced visual voicemail for mobile phones in the United States and the UK. It replaces the standard carrier voicemail to filter spam calls and transcribe voice messages, which can be accessed through an app or web browser. In addition to call blocking, YouMail offers a reverse phone lookup feature that allows users to identify unknown callers from a database of millions of numbers. The service is used by over 13 million people to block unwanted calls and manage their voicemails more effectively. While YouMail provides a valuable service in combating spam, the collection of call data and user information raises privacy considerations. The service aggregates call data to identify spam numbers, and this information may be shared with third-party partners like wireless carriers to improve their own blocking services. This collection and sharing of call data, even if anonymized, could potentially be re-identified, posing a risk of exposing personal communication patterns. To protect their privacy, individuals should be mindful of the permissions they grant to the app and can utilize the available opt-out options for marketing communications.