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Google’s Email service is used to profile all users

When Google first launched it’s new Email service for free with almost unlimited storage space it drove many users to the service. But the drawback is that every Email sent and received via a Gmail account is scanned and analyzed by the company in the aim for ad revenue and also to create profiles of […]
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Google’s Email service is used to profile all users – archived source

The Psychological Dark Side of Gmail  Yasha Levine, PandoDaily and Alternet.org December 29, 2013 This article first appeared on PandoDaily.  “We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.” “Your digital identity will live forever… because there’s no delete button.” —Eric Schmidt Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley […]
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Google Play Store shares personal user information with app developers

When user’s buy an app on Google’s Play Store the full personal information stored for purchasing purposes are shared with the app’s developer. This fact can only be found in the fine print of the company’s terms of services and is not communicated to the end user’s in a way of making them aware of […]
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Google Play Store shares personal user information with app developers – archived source

Google Play Store policy raises privacy concerns By Reuters | Updated: 15 February 2013 15:50 IST Google Inc’s privacy practices are drawing heat after an Australian software developer said the company was providing him with personal information, including email addresses, of everyone who purchased his mobile app. The information that Google shared, which included customers’ […]
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