Google has stated that people should not expect privacy when they send messages to a Gmail account.
This is according to a brief that was filed last month in a U.S. federal court and recently picked up by Consumer Watchdog.
The company claims ‘all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing.’
A brief for Google said: ‘Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient’s assistant opens the letter, people who use web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient’s [email provider] in the course of delivery.’
The document was written in response to a lawsuit accusing Google of violating privacy laws when the company reads emails to determine what ads to serve based on the message’s content.
The latest lawsuit follows a string of accusations made against Google for it privacy policies. Full story...
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This is according to a brief that was filed last month in a U.S. federal court and recently picked up by Consumer Watchdog.
The company claims ‘all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails will be subject to automated processing.’
A brief for Google said: ‘Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient’s assistant opens the letter, people who use web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient’s [email provider] in the course of delivery.’
The document was written in response to a lawsuit accusing Google of violating privacy laws when the company reads emails to determine what ads to serve based on the message’s content.
The latest lawsuit follows a string of accusations made against Google for it privacy policies. Full story...
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