Tag Archive: Yahoo

Jan 10

New Cases Clarify the Stored Communications Act

Tweet How much privacy protection are your stored emails and texts hosted by third parties, such as Hotmail or Yahoo, entitled to?  In the United States, the privacy of such communications is governed by a federal statute called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”) and, in particular, a subsection of the ECPA called the Stored …

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Aug 11

Recent Online Mergers

Tweet There are some interesting acquisitions going on:  (1)   Yahoo has purchased the domain www.omg.com for a mere $80,000.  (2)   Facebook has purchased FriendFeed for a reported $47.5 million in cash and stock.  This may be more of a “talent buy” by Facebook, but it simultaneously folds in a potential rival.  (3)   VMware has announced …

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