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The U.S. giant Google mentions in a document submitted to the U.S. court a judgment of the Supreme Court which states that “a person has no legitimate expectation [to have] for privacy in the data it voluntarily transfers to third parties. ” The goal of the Google document was to fail a class action initiated by users other messaging services, concerned with protecting their when writing Gmail users privacy. Google believes that “as the sender of an email to a colleague can not be surprised that the wizard opens it for him, people now use a courier online can not be surprised if their e-mails are processed by the service provider used by the recipient. “

In this document, Google said that its Gmail mailbox is used by 400 million Internet users in the world. The company also recognizes that “like all delivery systems emails, Google uses an automated system that scans the contents of messages to identify spam, detect viruses or properly manage e-mails.” Google continues to ensure that “no human intervention involved in the automated scanners.”

Initially, the NGO Consumer Watchdog and many media that followed the quote attributed directly to Google, not the Supreme Court (Smith vs. Maryland, on the collection of electronic communications without a warrant). John M. Simpson, president of Consumer Watchdog, including estimated that the U.S. firm “finally admitted that she does not respect privacy.” If this is probably not the case, it remains that Gmail is one of the most intrusive Web messaging systems.