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Yahoo asks judge to rule in its favor in e-mail scanning case

By Amy Miller ( September 21, 2015, 22:25 GMT | Insight) -- Yahoo has asked a federal judge to rule in its favor in a lawsuit alleging that the search engine’s e-mail services violate federal and state wiretap and privacy laws by scanning non-Yahoo subscribers’ e-mails to target advertising. Evidence has shown that Yahoo doesn’t analyze e-mails until after the e-mails reach the inboxes of intended recipients, so there is no illegal "interception," the company's attorneys argue.Yahoo has asked a federal judge to rule in its favor in a lawsuit alleging that the search engine’s e-mail services violate federal and state wiretap and privacy laws by scanning non-Yahoo subscribers’ e-mails to target advertising.  ...

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