Your old email address can belong to a stranger in 12 months

[Redaktion]

GMX and WEB.DE are allowed to empty an unused free mailbox after 6 months and hand the address to another user after 12. Section 5.3 of their terms says so at both providers. Anyone still using that address at a shop, an insurer or an old account is sending their password resets to a stranger.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Your-old-email-address-can-belong-to-a-stranger-in-12-months.1392408.0.html

[nongermanclient]

Well, thank you for that info : i am going to delete the couple i have there.
is it the same at mail.de ?
funny how germany has protective privacy laws but, after the phone number being given to someone else after short time, now there is the mail...