Reply #1: I know it sounds cold, but I agree with Yahoo on this

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with so much of our privacy being eroded, I'm glad at least a corporate entity is willing to stick to their policy. However, perhaps they could add something in the registration process that allows one to designate an individual to whom messages could be forwarded or released in the event of an emergency (though I don't really know how you'd let them know there was an emergency)