Workers in the UK are often unaware of their privacy rights in the workplace, according to a new report from security firm Comparitech.com. The research has revealed that 53 percent of UK workers don't believe bosses should be allowed to read their private emails during working hours. Yet a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling, allows bosses to read any message sent during working hours.

Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over data. The tech giant has called the government's authority overreaching in regards to banning tech companies from letting customers know when their data has been examined by federal agents. The case will examine whether the government force technology companies to remain silent when user data has been accessed as part of a criminal investigation.

Yahoo has been updating its Mail app to make it more user friendly. The latest update allows users to share items from other email services within emails. this includes the ability to share files from Google Drive and GIFs from Tumblr.

Wisconsin Lottery officials have warned consumers to beware an email claiming that they have won the lottery. The spam emails ask the recipients to pay a fee in order to receive the prize. To do so, they must share personal information including credit card numbers and social security numbers. Officials have urged consumers to ignore these messages.

Ninety-five percent of all commercial could be considered spam, according to Return Path's Sender Score rating. However ISP diligence and and marketer adoption of personalization techniques means that junk email has fallen to only 56 percent, according to the firm's latest Sender Score Benchmark study.

Public officials in Texas that use private email accounts for official business are not allowed to conceal their personal email addresses when releasing public information, a Texas state appeals court has ruled. The issue stems from a public records request by indie news site The Austin Bulldog,back in 2011. The publication wanted all emails regarding city business between the Austin mayor, city council members and the city manager. The city shared some details but withheld the rest because it was sent on personal email accounts.

Congress is moving forward with email privacy legislation. A House committee voted unanimously for the Email Privacy Act, a bill that will require law enforcement to obtain a warrant in order to read email messages older than 180 days in a private citizen's account. The bill now advances to the next phase of approvals.

Email marketing remains a top priority this year, as 71.8 percent of marketers plan to spend more time on email production, according to a new study from Email on Acid. The report also revealed that 86.7 percent of marketers will increase their email marketing budgets this year. In addition, 91.2 percent of marketers plan to spend more time on email this year.

Privacy and civil liberties groups including the ACLU still stand behind the email privacy bill, despite some last minute changes. The American Civil Liberties Union called the last minute changes an unnecessary sacrifice, but they continue to support he bill which would still require law enforcement to get a warrant to access the private email accounts of citizens.

Airmail is bringing its popular Mac email client to the iPad. The release comes after the company dropped an iPhone app back in February. The new iPad app adopts the app's trademark features including: split-screen, multitasking, read receipts, scheduled emails, keyboard shortcuts, and Touch ID security.