Thursday 15 August 2013
Google fights Shit Storm: No right to privacy in Gmail
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Currently messages for large eddy, according to Google’s lawyers have said that users of e-mail services of the company have no right to privacy care. Is that really true, Google sniffs its users unrestrained, reads all the e-mails and they are possibly to others? Or are here just facts twisted and torn out of context quotes?
The U.S. consumer organization “Consumer Watchdog” has sent out a press release that spreads like wildfire on the Internet and now caused a worldwide outcry of indignation. Google is said to have officially announced in a process who send e-mails to a Gmail account, should not expect that their privacy is respected.
In the case before a federal court Google is accused in a class action, his practice to scan e-mails on its servers automatically to display targeted advertisements may violate any applicable laws. “Consumer Watchdog” it quoted a paragraph from a 39-page opinion of the lawyers, which states: As someone who sends a letter to a business partner, should not be surprised when the clerk opened the letter, could someone who has a uses web-based e-mail service, do not be surprised if his e-mails are processed by the provider of the receiver during transmission. Actually had “a person not legally entitled to privacy when he voluntarily passed on information to others.”quote from 34-year-old judgment
Google had to finally admit that it is the privacy is not respected, closes “Consumer Watchdog” from this quote. Is that so? Google’s lawyers actually go so ago, as it is argued in processes in which, about “the law” is common. They quote from a judgment of the Supreme Court in 1979, out of which, although controversial, but apparently still in force “third party doctrine” (“third-party doctrine”) comes that is to be used in the opinion of the lawyers in this case .
It’s not about it that Google can read the e-mails from third parties, or even to pass, as some headlines suggest. The issue is that on Google’s servers to scan messages that are sent to a Gmail recipients. Emphasize the company’s lawyers that several courts have determined will that the automatic scanning of emails is generally known, accepted, and a Gmail account itself will agree to the sender of an e-mail with the shipment.
U.S. process is not relevant for Germany
Google has thus asserted at any point, not to respect the privacy of its users. Whether the automatic scanning of sent to Gmail accounts emails Germany may violate the law, can not be derived from the U.S. method. Google is tied in Germany to its privacy policy and terms of use, which explains in detail what information it collects and how it is used. Google also provides the user with some tools in his hand, to determine how to deal with their data.
The U.S. company does not conceal that it passes user data under some circumstances “for legal reasons”. This includes a national access “to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or comply with applicable or comply with enforceable administrative order.” Given the Snowden affair, this is a very critical point, but in the end matter of policy and justice here to take care of a responsible, reasonable and lawful handling of user data.users to targeted ads off
In the case of the processing of e-mails for advertising purposes Google writes: “The display mismatch in Gmail is fully automated Nobody reads your emails to serve ads to you..” And Google allows users who prefer not to receive interest-based advertising, to disable it in the display settings. The same goes for Google search and web pages.
that Google e-mails can automatically scan through an algorithm that is practically already known, since the service was launched in 2004 and hardly worth a headline.
In the end, everyone should be aware about be used, the Google services that they are not really free. Google needs to make money – like any other business. For this, it uses the data to its users, it collects in large quantities to its advertisers place ads directly as possible. but Google’s business model is not based on passing on the data of its users. And one may assume that the company pays very well that this happens either intentionally or unintentionally. Because should ever be known that Google sells it protects user data or insufficient, it is done. Source: n-tv.de
