At a hearing in front of Congress, Joyce Barr, the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and chief Freedom of Information Act officer for the agency, said that "the message is loud and clear" that Hillary Clinton's use of a private email address and server for official business was unacceptable. The senior official told the committee that "the actions that we've taken in the course of recovering these emails has made it very clear what the responsibilities are with regard to record-keeping."

The UK newspaper The Telegraph has thrown its weight behind the Conservative party with a new email marketing push. The publication sent out an email to its marketing database, encouraging recipients to vote Conservative. The newspaper's editor Chris Evans described the move as an "unprecedented step." People on the list expressed surprise and concern on Twitter, revealing that they had only signed up for the paper's list to receive news.

Campaigner, j2 Global's email marketing brand, has launched a Channel Partner Program. The program allows email agencies and resellers to distribute Campaigner White Label Email Marketing tool. The new program gives partners an administration portal to create accounts for clients.

Looking to send email marketing to millenials? It helps to know how they use the channel. Eighty-nine percent of millenials that work regular hours check their personal email after the work day has ended, according to research from Bentley University. However, it is important to keep in mind that the research also revealed that 38 percent of millennials are freelancers and don't keep regular hours. These folks check their email throughout the day and night.

Sally Beauty, a retail chain that sells beauty products, is investigating a potential data breach which may have exposed the personal data of customers. The breach may have exposed personal data such as email addresses, names, home addresses and credit card information. The retailer is working with law enforcement and its credit card processor to determine if there was an attack.

U.S. District Judge Susan Morgan of the Eastern District of Louisiana has dropped a proposed class action suit against eBay over a data breach. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show how they were injured by the hack. The plaintiffs had argued that the 2014 data breach, which exposed their personal data would leave them open to future harm. "The mere fact that plaintiff's information was accessed during the data breach is insufficient to establish injury-in-fact," the judge wrote in her dismissal.

Microsoft is considering a bid on CRM provider Salesforce.com, according to a report in Bloomberg. The news comes after Bloomberg broke the news last week that Salesforce is considering selling. Since then the press has been speculating on who might buy the company. With a market value of almost $50 billion, only giants like Microsoft, Google, IBM and Oracle made the list of would-be suitors.

Tom Rothman, the new CEO of Sony Pictures, hasn't been immune to the company's email scandal. As the former head of TriStar, emails he sent to Amy Pascal back when she was running Sony have been published on WikiLeaks. In one email, he insulted actor Ben Stiller.

Google has acquired Timeful, the company that owns the time management Timeful app. The app allows users to manage their calendars and to-do lists in one central location. The app can integrate with Gmail, Inbox and Calendar to help users better organize their time within the Google tools they are using.

Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield has a new company that aims to kill off email at work. The company is called Slack and is designed to help workers collaborate through a sharing platform rather than by exchanging emails. The startup is valued at $2.8 billion.