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Litigation

May 29, 2015

Privacy class action certified against Yahoo over email scanning

U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh has certified a class action against Yahoo Inc., giving email users a chance to prove the company violated their privacy by scanning their emails and selling information about the messages to advertisers.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh has certified a class action against Yahoo Inc., giving
email users a chance to prove the company violated their privacy by scanning their
emails and selling information about the messages to advertisers.


The group of plaintiffs achieved what others couldn't in a similar case against Google

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