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Originally Posted by jgaiser
Where did *this* come from? None of the linked articles mention building email databases. Can you point me to something *reliable* that says Google is building an email database? They are most certainly scanning email for spam and to add (hopefully) relevant ads.
Once again, *all* email providers have the ability to provide the government with details of your email. Always have. Always will.
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Unless they're less technologically advanced than MS Outlook, the email's already in a database. They're asking the court to declare that there are essentially no restrictions on what they can do with it. That's already true
de facto and I recognize that, but they want it
de jure, as well.
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Originally Posted by Dopedangel
They already do that they don't and wont sell the data though as that would be counter productive to their business model they just use it to target the most relevant ads for their customers without giving out user data. So if you are selling something Google will target the your most likely customers for you but wont tell you who they targeted.
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I agree with you and that's what I meant by "access" to the data rather than the data themselves. What Google is clearly selling is the ability to do market segmentation based on the content of your email, which is what they mean by "relevant" ads. I don't have a problem with that
per se, but I think (and perhaps others disagree) that can cross into being unethical. Advertising restaurants in London because I'm booked at a conference is one thing. Advertising something at a higher price because I have a history of paying too much or homeopathic remedies because I show a pattern of medical ignorance is another.