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By Jepson, Kevin
Publication: Credit Union Journal
Date: Monday, August 28 2006

ORLANDO -- Employees may do more than get mail when they check their outside e-mail accounts from the credit union.

Social security numbers, electronic statements, and loan approvals go whizzing over the Internet through popular services such as Yahoo! Mail, MSN Hotmail, and Google Gmail, say some credit union IT managers.

Yahoo-checking employees are no fringe element. The free service is used by up to 40% of Americans with e-mail accounts, according to various Internet research firms. Hotmail follows Yahoo in the free e-mail market, whereas Gmail claims les

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