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GOOGLE: If You Use Gmail, You Have 'No Legitimate Expectation Of Privacy' »
If you happen to be one of the 400 million people who use Google's Gmail service for sending and receiving emails, you shouldn't have any expectation of privacy, according to a court briefing obtained by the Consumer Watchdog website. In a motion filed last month by Google to have a class action complaint dismissed, Google's lawyers reference a 1979 ruling, holding that people who turn over information to third parties shouldn't expect that information to remain private. 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 communications are processed by the recipient�s ECS provider in the course of delivery. The lengthy brief goes on to maintain that Google uses automated processes to sift through email for the purposes of providing spam filters, relevant advertising, and other features of the Gmail service. The opposition complaint however, takes issue with this, saying the company is instead trying "to capture the [email] authors' actual thoughts for Google's secret use." Source Main page (current trends)
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