The company have been threatened with daily fines of $ 250,000 remained the refusal to obey orders of the Government and provide data of their users under surveillance PRISM program, coordinated by the NSA.
The company even took the case to its logical conclusion and appealed to court to keep private information about the communications of their customers, but to no avail because lost cause.
The court ruled in favor of the Government, who made the request under a controversial law which provides for the enforceability of electronic communications companies with the state share customer data in the context of prevention of terrorism.
The case began in 2007 and is now reported in the Yahoo blog by Ron Bell, head of legal affairs of the company. In the blog entry, the officer explains that, having failed to prevent the sharing of information Yahoo has struggled to make the case that led to justice is disqualified for that information can be made public and are clear pressures that the company was subject.
Ron Bell reveals now that the case has already been disqualified, so the company is hoping to ensure that all information will be available for public consultation.
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