Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads

Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by ksk on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:07PM (#14621872)

But your profile is not just linked with Gmail. Its across Google, including any future products. Its a kind of cross-product tying using customer data (which gives them an easy leg-up on new ad-subsidized products) that I would assume attracts anti-trust scrutiny.

I think its fair for you to accept the terms, if you know what you're getting in return. The problem here is that you will never know exactly what information is stored about you, and how personal it is, and you have zero control over it. Also simply by sending YOU an email, I'm also entangled in the data collection scheme.

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by Ajedi32 on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:48PM (#14622644)

> The problem here is that you will never know exactly what information is stored about you, and how personal it is, and you have zero control over it.

On the contrary. I know what emails are stored in my inbox just as well as Google does. I can also search through that information and delete it if I so choose, so I do have control over it.

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by CaptSpify on Friday June 23, 2017 @07:56PM (#14623636)

You can remove your access to that data. Theres no indication that said data is actually deleted.

They also have a lot more information about you than just your email, especially if you use their search.

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