By John Glenday

Yahoo is bracing itself for a class action lawsuit over allegations that it illegally accessed emails sent to its mail customers from non-Yahoo accounts, after a US judge granted Californian victims the right to sue the company as a group.

The action relates to users who sent or received emails to Yahoo Mail accounts from 2 October 2011, encompassing an estimated 1m members, who attest that Yahoo breached their privacy to collect data in order to bolster its ad revenues.

Claimants accuse Yahoo of intercepting and analysing emails and attachments sent by non-Yahoo mail users to improve ‘targeted advertising’ for its 275m Read full story ›

Source: The Drum