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Originally Posted by Difflugia
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.
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.
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That's not really what google is saying at all here...
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/14/46...ion-of-privacy
Basically it relates to non gMail users, and the fact that google runs the emails through their servers for things like address/tracking number highlighting, and keywords for their ads. Not regarding to google reading your emails at all.
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Non-Gmail users who send emails to Gmail recipients must expect that their emails will be subjected to Google's normal processes as the [email] provider for their intended recipients.
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