PCMag reports that Microsoft rejects handing over emails stored overseas in Ireland. A New York judge ordered the email data…
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German anti-stress law in the making that bans work email and phone calls outside office hours
In Germany, it’s already common at a few employers to not receive any work email and/or phone calls outside office…
16 million German email addresses stolen, including passwords
The BBC has reported no less than 16 million German email addresses stolen, and account passwords stolen as well by hackers.…
To prevent phishing scams, banks are collecting special TLD domains
Scammers will have a harder time trying to do phishing: banks are picking up new type top level domain names…
US Senate votes to extend FISA Amendments Act for five years
The FISA Amendments Act, which has been in effect since 2008, has been extended for another five years by a…
Updated: Botnet hits Android smartphones, sends spam from Yahoo accounts?
Compromised Yahoo accounts have been used to send out spam by a botnet recently. In this case it’s not a…
Google, Yahoo sued for preemptive reading of email to serve ads
Google and Yahoo have been sued in the state of California for intercepting emails and serving ads based on keywords…
EA goofs up big: sends Battlefield 3 email to unsuspecting people
Imagine being a big company, let’s say Electronic Arts (revenue: $3,8 billion last year). Imagine launching Battlefield 3, and wanting…
It is not ok to start mailing an old list…ever
We’re back after about a month of much needed time off! Full of new ideas, experiences and more it i’s…
Email insight: How to keep your email address as secure as possible
There’s been a rise recently in whole databases of email addresses being breached, stolen and blatantly posted on the web.…