Thursday, July 07, 2011

Yahoo condemned over plans to snoop on emails on behalf of advertisers...

Internet giant Yahoo has been condemned over plans to snoop on emails in a 'blatant intrusion of privacy'.

The US company provides an email service for thousands of Britons, including children, who will assume that the system is completely private.

However, it has emerged that Yahoo has changed its small print terms and conditions to get permission to view and scan emails.

At the same time, the firm will also be able to spy on incoming emails from individuals and businesses without permission or warning.

Yahoo is pressing ahead with the change on the basis it will allow the company to identify which celebrities, subjects, sports, hobbies and products a particularly customer is interested in. More...

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