And this process would go back and forth-no emails actually went out, but the draft function was used as the means by which the parties would communicate. The person would then add new text into a draft as a kind-of reply to the original message. Another person would log into the account later, read the draft, and either delete the draft itself or backspace through what was previously typed. Rather, one person would log into the Yahoo email account in question and compose a draft of a message. These weren't emails sent and received in the usual sense. He's currently appealing the conviction, in part because the means by which Yahoo recovered the emails in question allegedly violate British law. A magistrate judge from the Northern District of California has ordered Yahoo to produce documents, as well as a witness for deposition, related to the company's ability to recover seemingly deleted emails in a UK drug case.Īs Motherboard (Opens in a new window) reports, a UK defendant was convicted-and is currently serving an extra 20-year prison sentence (Opens in a new window)-as part of a conspiracy to import drugs into the United Kingdom. Or, at least, that's what Yahoo has said. If the email is in a user's account, it's fair game, and Yahoo can even give law enforcement the IP address of whatever computer is being used to send said email. Just what kind of email retentions powers does Yahoo have? According to a policy guide (Opens in a new window) from the company, Yahoo cannot recover emails that have been deleted from a user's account-simple as that.
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