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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6174270" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Let me see if I can boil this down a bit, to show why I'm concerned:</p><p></p><p>If Google asserted that their programs didn't need a whole bunch of data to rout your emails & send you ads*, that would be one thing.</p><p></p><p>But they used that phrase, "expectation of privacy"...that's the phrase that gets tossed around when lawyers are trying to exclude or admit communications into evidence. If you have no "expectation of privacy" when and where something was said, it is going to be admitted into evidence unless it can be omitted on other grounds- privilege will be no protection.</p><p></p><p>Google's lawyers know this. And they used that phrase:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They are saying that:</p><p></p><p>1) they are acting like an assistant, not the Postal Service. (A big stretch, since an assistant would probably not be considered a "third party" under the law and their business model most closely resembles a Postal Service.)</p><p></p><p>2) emails are inherently not privileged...and thus, admissible in court unless you can find another way to keep them out.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* and I'm not really buying that, either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the email addresses alone should be sufficient to deliver them properly, and if Google were not <em>targeting</em> the ads, there would be ZERO reason to scan the data within the email at all. Simply sending random ads or using an advertising schedule would allow them to provide the service without violating the privacy of the people using it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6174270, member: 19675"] Let me see if I can boil this down a bit, to show why I'm concerned: If Google asserted that their programs didn't need a whole bunch of data to rout your emails & send you ads*, that would be one thing. But they used that phrase, "expectation of privacy"...that's the phrase that gets tossed around when lawyers are trying to exclude or admit communications into evidence. If you have no "expectation of privacy" when and where something was said, it is going to be admitted into evidence unless it can be omitted on other grounds- privilege will be no protection. Google's lawyers know this. And they used that phrase: They are saying that: 1) they are acting like an assistant, not the Postal Service. (A big stretch, since an assistant would probably not be considered a "third party" under the law and their business model most closely resembles a Postal Service.) 2) emails are inherently not privileged...and thus, admissible in court unless you can find another way to keep them out. * and I'm not really buying that, either. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the email addresses alone should be sufficient to deliver them properly, and if Google were not [I]targeting[/I] the ads, there would be ZERO reason to scan the data within the email at all. Simply sending random ads or using an advertising schedule would allow them to provide the service without violating the privacy of the people using it. [/QUOTE]
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