Care2 sent an alert about Google’s Gmail and your privacy. It seems Google reads “every word of every single email you send or receive every single day,” including those involving “personal relationships, your health information, your finances, and more.”
YIKES!
Google’s response to a lawsuit against them for this invasion of privacy is that their users have “no legitimate expectation of privacy” in regard to their email.
Again, YIKES!
Interestingly, it’s a federal offense to read another person’s traditional mail. Why isn’t email held up to the same privacy expectations, especially when Google uses the information in our emails to target you with ads.
As part of your online writing and marketing endeavors, it's certain you're using email. And, it almost as certain that your emailing family and possibly health and financial professionals. This email information should be private.
I signed the petition Care2 has in place to tell Google I expect email privacy. If you feel inclined to do the same, the link to the online petition is:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/429/574/063/?z00m=20629232
Please take action and share this alert.
Karen
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3 comments:
Wow. We really ARE being spied upon! Scary world.
Heidi, it certainly is a scary world, and getting worse each day.
Thanks Karen. I had no idea this was going on to such a degree.
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