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Submitted this week to the United States Federal Court in San Jose, California, an indictment shows that Yahoo scans and intercepted e-mail messages for users, and to use such personal information release targeting advertising sued, the plaintiffs asked for each and every user whose privacy has been violated an award of USD 5,000.

Indictment cited Yahoo's new policy on e-mail services that Yahoo scan the contents of their e-mail service, and publish it for targeted advertising, increase Yahoo's revenue. This policy, "said Yahoo's automated system will scan and analyze your account to receive and send all incoming and outgoing communications", with the aim of "matches targeted advertising and publication, and is used for spam and malicious content detection."

With the rapid development of Internet, users are more and more concerned about how their personal information is not being used with the knowledge of, and action against Internet companies and social networks is also increasing. Google and LinkedIn also faces allegations of intercepted user communication content and use for profit.

Yahoo spokeswoman Anni·aisipiruitu (Anne Espiritu) declined to comment on the matter. Plaintiffs say, Yahoo is one of the largest email service providers, with 275 million users, Yahoo's revenue obtained using this technology have been included in the company's third-quarter results.

雅虎被起诉了，因为它偷看了你的邮件 - 雅虎,电子邮件 - IT资讯
雅虎被起诉了，因为它偷看了你的邮件

本周提交到美国加州圣何塞联邦法庭的一项起诉书显示，雅虎因扫描和截收用户的电子邮件，并利用这些个人信息发布针对性广告盈利而遭到起诉，原告要求给每位隐私受到侵犯的用户赔偿5000美元。

起诉书援引雅虎新发布的电子邮件服务政策称，雅虎扫描其电子邮件服务上的内容，并用于发布针对性的广告，增加雅虎的营收。这项政策称，“雅虎的自动系统会扫描和分析你账户接收和发送的所有进出通讯内容”，其目的是“匹配和发布针对性的广告，并用于垃圾邮件和恶意内容的检测”。

随着互联网蓬勃发展，用户越来越关注自己的个人信息如何在不知情的情况下被利用，针对互联网公司和社交网络的诉讼也越来越多。谷歌和LinkedIn同样面临着截收用户通讯内容并用于盈利的指控。

雅虎女发言人安妮·埃斯皮瑞图（Anne Espiritu）拒绝就此事发表评论。原告称，雅虎是全球最大的电子邮件服务提供商之一，拥有2.75亿用户，雅虎利用这项技术获得的营收已经计入该公司第三季度业绩。