The terms of service changed have been reveled for Google's Gmail. People are not happy with what the terms of service have to offer, and are primarily frustrated with the email scanning aspect of the TOS. This means that Gmail users must reveal the contents of their email and allow Google to scan them for their now personal use. The company claims that they will not put anyone's information at risk. People simply do not want their information looked at an analyzed. It's not the first thing people want to be analyzed by a company, and many wish it was not included in the TOS.
Most people don't even read the fine print, so they might not even be aware that this is happening. Google is now scanning messages both going in and out of your inbox. While some people might not be concerned, others might not want to continue using Gmail if they know this is happening. Hopefully, the word will get out to the people who don't bother to read Gmail's terms.
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.
Some aspects of this new TOS are a bit more unsettling. If you read closer you will learn that anything you store on Google servers or any content you upload gives Google a worldwide license to use that content how they see fit. Supposedly all this content is done by machines and no humans actually review it.
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.
In a controversial move, Google has updated its terms of service for Gmail account holders, revealing that it performs email scanning. The update discloses that both incoming and outgoing emails are automatically scanned using a piece of computer software. The purpose of the software is to identify keywords and phrases in the emails, and use those keywords to serve up targeted advertisements to the account holder.
Most people don't even read the fine print, so they might not even be aware that this is happening. Google is now scanning messages both going in and out of your inbox. While some people might not be concerned, others might not want to continue using Gmail if they know this is happening. Hopefully, the word will get out to the people who don't bother to read Gmail's terms.
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.
Some aspects of this new TOS are a bit more unsettling. If you read closer you will learn that anything you store on Google servers or any content you upload gives Google a worldwide license to use that content how they see fit. Supposedly all this content is done by machines and no humans actually review it.
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.
In a controversial move, Google has updated its terms of service for Gmail account holders, revealing that it performs email scanning. The update discloses that both incoming and outgoing emails are automatically scanned using a piece of computer software. The purpose of the software is to identify keywords and phrases in the emails, and use those keywords to serve up targeted advertisements to the account holder.
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