Australian grocery store Woolworths has warned customers via Facebook about a spam email campaign that has been going around. Recipients of the message were asked to complete a "Customer Satisfaction Survey", in exchange for a $50 reward. The survey links to a malicious page which steals personal customer data.

Scammers have spoofed the email addresses of several officials that work for the state of Tennesee. One such email comes from an employee of the DMV with the subject line "Helpdesk & Support Updates." The email content says that the recipient's webmail account and tries to get the user to click on a malicious link and share personal details.

Hillary Clinton's email scandal has exposed a number of other politicians who also use private email accounts to conduct official business. Despite the headlines, this may not change any time soon. Politicians on both side of the aisle may both drag their heels about reform since both parties have a shared interest in preserving email practices that give them control of their records.

The State Department has released a new process for looking for email technology that will automatically store officials emails as part of a government's push for better digital record keeping. On November 30, the department issued a request for information looking for ideas from commercial and technology providers. As of the end of 2016, the department is required to have all emails stored in a digital database.

Four former Skype engineers are among the founders of a new messaging platform called Fleep. The platform is aimed at doing away with email in favor of a more Whatsapp-like communication. Fleep allows users to IM each other, and add files to the communications across multiple devices.

Unlike 300 other House members, Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte won't yet support the Email Privacy Act as is. The committee head said that he agrees with the "core" of the Act, but hhas demanded that changes be made to the language in order to ensure the bill doesn't stand in the way of law enforcement.

Information security provider High-Tech Bridge graded seven email services on their security based on current SSL/TLS standards in order to determine which was the most secure. Fastmail was the only free service to receive an A+ grade, being the only email provider that meets current compliance requirements for SSL/TLS encryption. Gmail came in second in place, earning a B+ grade. Outlook.com, Mail.com, Yahoo! and Inbox.com all scored B-.

Microsoft's Office 365 is back up and running after outages across Europe on Thursday. Users were unable to access their email Exchange accounts via web browsers. Users complained out the outage on Twitter.

The European Union will release new privacy regulations for email marketers in early 2016, called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The proposed laws will affect anyone sending emails to European subscribers. The rules will prevent marketers from sending emails to consumers who have not specifically opted in to receive the messaging. A final draft of the GDPR is expected to be made public next month. Marketers will be given a grace period to come up to speed.

Google is among other technology companies that believe that the Email Privacy Act should be enacted. The bill would require law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant in order to read the private emails of users. The bill has been written to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which was passed in 1986.