Re: This sums up Yahoo!s security policyto a -T-

[James Tucker <jftucker () gmail com>]

I agree wholeheartedly.


On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:05:55 -0500, Mary Landesman <mlande () bellsouth net> wrote:
> While I feel great compassion for the deceased Marine's father, I do not
> believe that grief should override security, privacy, terms of service, and
> good judgement. Any email Justin Ellsworth wished his father to have could
> reasonably be expected to have been sent to his father prior to Justin's
> death - by Justin, of course. Any email destined for other persons is not -
> nor should it ever be - the property of anyone other than Justin and the
> person to whom the email was sent.
>
> If Justin wanted his father to inherit his email account, he would/should
> have provided his dad with the logon info.
>
> Excerpted from Yahoo's ToS agreement:
> --------------------
> 21. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
>
> You agree that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this TOS, there
> shall be no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement.
> --------------------
>
> And under item 25 (General Information):
>
> --------------------
> No Right of Survivorship and Non-Transferability. You agree that your Yahoo!
> account is non-transferable and any rights to your Yahoo! I.D. or contents
> within your account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a
> death certificate, your account may be terminated and all contents therein
> permanently deleted.
> --------------------
>
> As a Yahoo member, I would expect these terms to be enforced.
>
> It is tragic that a father lost his son. It is understandable that the
> father wishes to gain access to every word his son ever typed. But, no
> matter how cold it may seem, just because it is understandable doesn't make
> it right.
>
> Now, if there were reason to believe that a crime had been committed and
> that evidence lies in the email, that's a different story. In such a case, I
> believe the email should be turned over to the authorities. But absent legal
> need, turning over email to a grieving parent/spouse/child is a dangerous
> and undesirable precedent.
>
> Yahoo should be applauded for protecting the privacy of its members.
> Frankly, I am shocked that many members of this particular list seem to feel
> otherwise. As it stands, Yahoo's security policy suits me to a -T-.
>
> -- Mary
>
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