"Your" vs. "My" in user interfaces

“Your” vs “My” in user interfaces

When referring to the user’s stuff, which is better out of these:

“My account” or “Your account”?

“My orders” or “Your orders”?

“My cases” or “Your cases”?

It’s a trick question because often you don’t need any prefix and can just use:

Account

Orders

Cases

Amazon is a good example of this in action because it’s obvious that it’s your account and your orders:

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