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I am conflicted between a fathers grief and a son's right of privacy and the knowledge of the bombs that can be found in "memorabilia".

The son was a Marine going to a combat area. If he wanted to be sure his folks had access to his email if something happened he should have left the account and password in a sealed envelope in his storage boxes. If he didn't want them to access it for whatever reason, the Yahoo policy is exactly right. The court system for that sort of judgement is not that hard or time consuming. Yahoo should not delete the account if the case is pending.
Posted by: zclayton2   Posted on: 12/22/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I have to agree with Yahoo's stance here.  Squawkbox | 12/21/04
gotta agree with you squawk...  Monkey_MCSE | 12/21/04
Yeppers Monk  Squawkbox | 12/21/04
Well...  rapson | 12/22/04
there comes a point...  oorah | 12/24/04
Proof of relationship should be no problem....  karenagypsy | 12/30/04
privacy  smplyhppy | 12/21/04
Great Idea.  htotten | 12/22/04
What A Crock  BlackDiamond | 12/21/04
Well, I have Hotmail...  Grayson Peddie | 12/21/04
Wow  James T. Kirk | 12/22/04
Gmail  rapson | 12/22/04
Gmail Privacy  BlackDiamond | 12/22/04
yahoo not releasing email to next of kin  TekkWise@... | 12/21/04
Deceased email  zclayton2 | 12/22/04
Ditto  erdiko@... | 12/22/04
Spare the Family if necessary  duclod | 12/22/04
what?  JasonL31 | 12/23/04
what did you think was ok  JasonL31 | 12/23/04
inquiry  Suzie_z | 01/12/05
Yeah with the amount of liars and scammers, no exceptions can be made  GreatInca | 12/22/04
Yahoo is right!  WilliamJay | 12/22/04
As a matter of law...  ShadeTree | 12/23/04
How about a matter of dignity?  D.W. | 12/26/04
Marine's death sparks e-mail privacy debate  D.W. | 12/26/04
Yahoo vs. dead Marines family...  karenagypsy | 12/30/04
Let him see it  MolliMith | 12/31/04
Yahoo Is Evil  meehawl | 01/12/05

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