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Rogers email users mad about missing data mining opt-out

Briefs | 04/20/2018 5:18 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. customers spoke out on social media this week about the use of their data for advertising purposes through the Verizon Communications Inc.-owned Yahoo email product, as well as the lack of easy options to opt out of the processing.

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