Ars Technica reports Yahoo has agreed to a settlement on its alleged scanning of user emails, but is making no plans to stop the practice. The tech giant was accused of scanning emails without user consent. The lawsuit was one of six requesting Yahoo to halt its monitoring activities. The settlement awarded $4 million, but none of it will go to the public, with the entirety of the award going to lawyers. The settlement also allows Yahoo to continue to look over user emails without non-Yahoo users’ consent. Yahoo now agrees to only scan the emails when they are on its servers, not while they are in transit.
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