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Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by 0xmohit on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:20PM (#22291705)
Also relevant:

Google Admits: Third-Party Apps Can Still Access Your Gmail Data

https://fossbytes.com/google-admits-third-party-apps-can-sti...

Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by gruez on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:07PM (#22292138)
Well... no shit? If you gave someone permissions to read your emails, obviously they can read your emails. And because they can read it, they can also copy your emails and/or share it with other companies. This isn't something that can be stopped by google.
Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by judge2020 on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:28PM (#22294524)
Ya, the entire process is only to vet companies' policies on data access, retention, etc.

https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/9110914

Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by nitwit005 on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:08PM (#22292148)
On an opt-in basis, which seems fine. A lot of people want email activity being fed to some other tool like CRM or call center software.