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Dead Marine's Kin plead for e-mail

post #1 of 9
12/21/04 at 1:06pm
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

The family of a Marine killed in Iraq is pleading with Internet giant Yahoo! for access to his e-mail account, which the company says is off-limits under its privacy policy.

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So what do you think? This seems extremely conflicting to me. On one hand you can sympathise with the family yet on the other hand one would not know what are the intentions of the marine who died and perhaps he may have wanted his privacy.
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post #2 of 9
12/21/04 at 1:23pm
There might be many things the soldier did not want his family to know...you have to respect one's right to privacy even in death. Now if Yahoo has copies of the emails that he sent family members (and they did not save, those can be released IMO.
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post #3 of 9
12/21/04 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by Mom of Franz
There might be many things the soldier did not want his family to know...you have to respect one's right to privacy even in death. Now if Yahoo has copies of the emails that he sent family members (and they did not save, those can be released IMO.

That is a very good point, I voted to release, but you are correct.
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post #4 of 9
12/21/04 at 3:55pm
Yeah, good call Barb. In addition to this, when you join any internet email, there are TOS that you agree too, and one is the privacy policy. I suppose if you wanted this overridden in death, you could add it to a will or something. I can empathize with the family's frustration, though.
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post #5 of 9
12/21/04 at 4:18pm
I think it's sad that this young man had to die for his country, and I feel sorry for his family. But why do they think they need access to his email account???? There should be other ways the family can remember him, and there should be physical reminders of him around the house, for example, baby and childhood pictures, and maybe there's a written record of the special events in his life.

EDIT: I forgot to say I voted that Yahoo should NOT release the email account to the family.
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post #6 of 9
12/21/04 at 7:31pm
If he wanted them to know his life story in death, via What email he recieved, he would have told someone his email password. he didn't, sooo.. They don't need to know.
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post #7 of 9
12/21/04 at 7:39pm
If he wasn't entitled to privacy, there wouldn't be passwords on accounts. I am sure his family is grief stricken, but they may be surprised by what they find in their son's email account. I think he is due the respect of privacy, even in death.
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post #8 of 9
12/21/04 at 7:45pm
Plus they might find things they would be better off not knowing.
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post #9 of 9
12/22/04 at 6:28am
Until I read the posts, I thought it should be released, but you have made very good points.
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