Camy Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 It is official. If you happen to send an email to one of the 400 million people who use Google's Gmail service, 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. Read the articleMaybe it's time to start investigating PGP (pretty good privacy). http://www.gnupg.org Quote Link to comment
The Pecman Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I thought the first rule of Google was "don't be evil"! So much for that... Quote Link to comment
Nick Deverill Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Perhaps I need a gmail signature? Governments overthrown, evil deeds done and general all round naughtiness plotted. While I wouldn't use any non-encrypted email if the matter were truly private there is an expectation the mail is only read by the addressee. Quote Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 It was a response in a lawsuit. I'm not sure you can say that statement defines their workaday policy. C Quote Link to comment
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