Recently Google released their new terms of service for the very popular Gmail service. Though most people don't actually read these terms, maybe you should. Whether you are in favor of email scanning or not, you will learn Google's official position on the matter. The practice of email scanning is not new, it has been going on for quite some time, though now companies are starting to admit it to the public.
For those who like to know what's in the fine print, reading the new terms of service for Google's Gmail service may just have some seeing red. Google itself has now confirmed and stated in no uncertain terms that they do scan all incoming and outgoing emails. Many are criticizing it as an invasion of private communications. Rightly so, the majority of people don't like having others snoop through their mail.
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.
It would seem that Google hasn't resolved every issue in question involving this matter. People who send email to Gmail users would have no way of knowing that their emails are being scanned by Google, as they do not receive the TOS updates.
Just make sure that you know about the new TOS and that you are aware of what it means. Hopefully they will change soon so that you do not have to worry about this any longer. But either way you should be fine, so you do not have to stress over 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.
For those who like to know what's in the fine print, reading the new terms of service for Google's Gmail service may just have some seeing red. Google itself has now confirmed and stated in no uncertain terms that they do scan all incoming and outgoing emails. Many are criticizing it as an invasion of private communications. Rightly so, the majority of people don't like having others snoop through their mail.
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.
It would seem that Google hasn't resolved every issue in question involving this matter. People who send email to Gmail users would have no way of knowing that their emails are being scanned by Google, as they do not receive the TOS updates.
Just make sure that you know about the new TOS and that you are aware of what it means. Hopefully they will change soon so that you do not have to worry about this any longer. But either way you should be fine, so you do not have to stress over 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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