Re: [LUG] Yahoo email was Re: bad apple: follow up and fall out

[Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/03/13 17:24, Martijn Grooten wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > And what about the comment that some of the contents may not be finally
> > deleted?
>
> I think a combination of:
> - things they can't delete (yet) because of data retention laws;
> - things they can't delete because it would break their systems, e.g.
> email conversations you had with fellow Yahoo members;
> - covering themselves, in case they don't wipe a disk and you sue them for that.
>
> Martijn.
Thanks for the info. I don't think any of my few emails on Yahoo will 
need to be kept then. I shall keep clear of any web mail systems from 
now on.

Neil

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