If YOU choose to open a Gmail account, knowing that your e-mails will be
scanned, then yes - you are giving consent.
If I have to communicate with you at that account then my e-mails to you
will also be scanned - and I don't give consent. To use your analogy, I
prefer to communicate with you by sealed letter rather than by postcard, but
the postman is steaming the letter open first. That is the issue here
surely?
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Hoskins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 April 2004 10:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Gmail - the new email service by Google
To start he ball rolling, I'm not convinced that there is much of an
intrusion of privacy here.
If an individual enrols and acquires a gmail account he does so in the
knowledge that it is not a private service, so he only has himself to blame
if a search mechanism detects various things from the communications that
the individual has effectively chosen to receive.
Gmail is more akin to a postcard, or a public message board, than a piece of
private correspondence.
Regards
Martin Hoskins
Data Protection Manager
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd
Hatfield Business Park
Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9BW
+44 (0)7957 234585
+44 (0)1707 319056 fax
-----Original Message-----
From: Lillina Taranto [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 April 2004 10:06
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Gmail - the new email service by Google
Dear All,
I haven't heard any comments/discussions on the
initiative by Google to start a free email service
like Hotmail and Yahoo! Gmail service would scan the
contents of emails and attach relevant adverts based
on the key words in return for offering more storage
space than its rivals. This sounds like a big
intrusion into people's privacy. What are your
thoughts about that?
Best regards,
Lilly Taranto
Consultant
Marketing Improvement
www.marketingimprovement.com
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