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Yahoo in recycled email privacy row

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  1. 2013/10/01
    Arie

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    Yahoo email addresses reassigned to a new owner are receiving personal emails intended for the previous owner.

    One man told news site Information Week that he had received emails with some highly sensitive information in them.

    In June the web firm announced Yahoo addresses and IDs would be reassigned if they had been inactive for a year.

    Privacy experts called on Yahoo to address the issue "immediately ". Yahoo says it has taken a series of measures to overcome privacy and security fears.

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