If you think your email is private, think again. If you are one of the millions of Google Gmail users, Google has just released that they are scanning the content of all your messages. This raises huge privacy concerns. Even worse, you have to agree to the new Gmail TOS before you can use their email service.
The truth is people like to use Gmail. This is why the new TOS has frustrated so many. There are a lot of users who feel like they are being cheated from using a valuable form of email. People have a problem with freely sharing all of their information with a company that they feel is going to use the information to sell to other companies that plan to market to them.
The update appears to stem from a California judge questioning the clarity of informed consent. She stated that the terms of service at the time did not go far enough to garner an informed consent from Gmail users.
There are currently people in court fighting against Google to get rid of the new TOS. You do not want your information to be looked at freely, and neither do they. For now you are going to have to only send emails with information you are comfortable with sharing when using Gmail.
While Google's new TOS raises some huge concerns, will it be enough to stop people from using Gmail? Only time will tell. In the meantime, if you continue to use the service be careful what you do with it.
According to the TOS, emails are scanned while they are on Google's own services, and also while they are in transit. The news has not been well received, with many privacy campaigners expressing anger at the perceived invasion of user privacy. In the United States, there have been several suits filed against Google, but the courts have declined to combine those suits into a single class action suit at this time.
The truth is people like to use Gmail. This is why the new TOS has frustrated so many. There are a lot of users who feel like they are being cheated from using a valuable form of email. People have a problem with freely sharing all of their information with a company that they feel is going to use the information to sell to other companies that plan to market to them.
The update appears to stem from a California judge questioning the clarity of informed consent. She stated that the terms of service at the time did not go far enough to garner an informed consent from Gmail users.
There are currently people in court fighting against Google to get rid of the new TOS. You do not want your information to be looked at freely, and neither do they. For now you are going to have to only send emails with information you are comfortable with sharing when using Gmail.
While Google's new TOS raises some huge concerns, will it be enough to stop people from using Gmail? Only time will tell. In the meantime, if you continue to use the service be careful what you do with it.
According to the TOS, emails are scanned while they are on Google's own services, and also while they are in transit. The news has not been well received, with many privacy campaigners expressing anger at the perceived invasion of user privacy. In the United States, there have been several suits filed against Google, but the courts have declined to combine those suits into a single class action suit at this time.
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