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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed May 27, 2015, 10:23 PM May 2015

Yahoo must face email spying class action: U.S. judge

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge ordered Yahoo Inc to face a nationwide class-action lawsuit accusing it of illegally intercepting the content of emails sent to Yahoo Mail subscribers from non-Yahoo Mail accounts, and using the information to boost advertising revenue.

In a decision late Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California said people who sent emails to or received emails from Yahoo Mail subscribers since Oct. 2, 2011 may sue as a group under the federal Stored Communications Act for alleged privacy violations.

She also said a class of non-Yahoo Mail subscribers in California since Oct. 2, 2012 may sue as a group under that state's Invasion of Privacy Act.

Holders of non-Yahoo Mail accounts accused Yahoo of copying and then analyzing their emails, including keywords and attachments, with a goal of creating "targeted advertising" for its estimated 275 million Yahoo Mail subscribers, in addition to detecting spam and malware.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/yahoo-must-face-email-spying-class-action-u-160349434--finance.html

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Yahoo must face email spying class action: U.S. judge (Original Post) Little Tich May 2015 OP
When the settlement is announced ... Newsjock May 2015 #1
I was once unknowingly a party in a class-action suit against a mutual fund Art_from_Ark May 2015 #4
In disappointed Zight May 2015 #2
I'm pretty sure that Google is doing this too... cascadiance May 2015 #3

Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
1. When the settlement is announced ...
Wed May 27, 2015, 10:43 PM
May 2015

... each affected person will receive $10 off a one-year membership to Flickr.

(I think)

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
4. I was once unknowingly a party in a class-action suit against a mutual fund
Fri May 29, 2015, 04:19 AM
May 2015

As a result of winning the suit, I was able to get a 5% discount on 100 shares of my next mutual fund purchase from the same company

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
3. I'm pretty sure that Google is doing this too...
Thu May 28, 2015, 12:27 PM
May 2015

I know that emails I sent to some people with google accounts suddenly triggered ads I saw that reflected where that person worked.

As a person that formerly worked with Yahoo Mail, I probably shouldn't say much more than that though. This was about stuff that happened after I left though.

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