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Yahoo says email scanning not surreptitious in eavesdropping class action; No reasonable expectation of privacy

Posted on August 18, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

The Madison Record reports:

Yahoo answers a class action complaint of privacy invasion by pleading that no one can call its scanning practices surreptitious.

“Yahoo’s scanning of emails has been the subject of media reports for years,” Peter Herzog of St. Louis wrote on Aug. 17.

He moved to dismiss a suit that Kaylynn Rehberger of Highland filed at U.S. district court in June, alleging violation of the Illinois Eavesdropping Statute.

 

 

 

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