YAHOO AND JUSTIN ELLSWORTH'S CASE

Yahoo And Justin Ellsworth's Case

Yahoo And Justin Ellsworth's Case

Introduction

Privacy is the ability for a person or group, to isolate them in order to focus on his life and protect its interests. The limits of privacy and what is considered private differ among groups, cultures and individuals, although there is still some core curriculum.

Privacy is sometimes likened to the anonymity and the desire to stay out of public life. When something is called "private" for one person, it usually means that this thing is attached to special and personal feelings. The degree of privatization of information depends on how the public could receive, which differs from place to place and over time. Privacy may be viewed from a security aspect (Thomson, 2006).

Discussion

Should Yahoo have been forced to turn over Justin Ellsworth's email to his parents?

Yes, yahoo should have been forced to turn over Justin Ellsworth's email to his parents. His parents were the one he had left behind in this world, and were the owners of his property and everything after he had passed away. Moreover, if it were someone other than his parents who were asking for the access to his email, than not allowing them might have been a possibility. In this case, though it is against the privacy policy of Yahoo, and this conduct would have violated the privacy policy, but Yahoo should have been forced to turn over Justin Ellsworth's email to his parents, as all his belongings now would have belonged to them. Moreover, looking at it from an emotional point of view, it can be said that giving access of the email account would have given the parents an access to some of his memories. In the end, as it turned out, the court rules in favor of the parents, claiming the ...