Yahoo is RIGHT

[NightCrawler]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/i...er.email.ap/index.html


Not only is this about his privacy but the people who sent him email have a right to privacy as well.

The family should have plenty of real memories and lots of things that were his when he lived at home.

All rights terminate on Death as Yahoo's TOS states.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Post is REPOST

 

[Anubis]

no their not thats pretty fvcked up for them to do that

 

[EagleKeeper]

The e-mail account was is, not the families.

If he wanted the family access to it,he could have provided the access codes.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Anubis
no their not thats pretty fvcked up for them to do that

No, it's not. Why do they (his family) have any right to his stuff, unless he explicitly stated they do?

 

[spanky]

if they really wanted his emails, hack in (or hire someone to do it).

 

[KarenMarie]

They could get a court order to force Yahoo! to release them, but they would need a good excuse for the courts to issue the order...

I feel sorry for the family, but they are SOL!

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
They could get a court order to force Yahoo! to release them, but they would need a good excuse for the courts to issue the order...

I feel sorry for the family, but they are SOL!

The courts won't issue an order. Yahoo is right and the family should have more than just some stupid emails between the deceased and his friends to remember him by. That's fvcking pathetic.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
The e-mail account was is, not the families.

If he wanted the family access to it,he could have provided the access codes.

Exactly.

I'd be pissed if I had sent him confidential emails and Yahoo decided to share them with someone else.

 

[Frew]

So what If someone has a safety deposit box and they die. The family shouldn't get the contents?

Yahoo should give it up.

Edit: for clarity

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: LeadFrog
So what If someone has a safety deposit box and they die. The family shouldn't get the contents?

Yahoo should give it up.

Edit: for clarity

Depends what the will says if there is one. If he wills the contents to charity then no they don't get the contents.