Google accused of spying on Gmail users

[Heath]

http://rt.com/usa/news/google-gmail-...laintiffs-289/

Google isn?t exactly a stranger to allegations that they invade the privacy of their customers, but now the search engine is being asked to explain itself in court over accusations that they snoop through messages sent through its Gmail service.

Representatives from Google are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit waged at the company?s Gmail platform because the plaintiffs in the case cannot explicitly prove that their correspondence is being unlawfully monitored by the email service.

Brad Scott and Todd Harrington are the lead plaintiffs in a case that attempts to call-out the Silicon Valley search engine company as being in violation of California?s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) because they believe Gmail conducts clandestine scans of emails for words and content, intentionally intercepting private communiqu? as a result without obtaining the user?s permission. Google, on the other hand, maintains that only computers complete all the legwork and that no humans actually have their eyes on any emails, also insisting that neither Mr. Scott nor Mr. Harrington can back up their claims that any action from Gmail has led to injury.

Google condemned the case this week, Courthouse News reports, arguing by way of a 25-page motion that Gmail scans data sent over its servers using its "fully automated processes involve no human review of any kind" that they insist exists to screen out viruses and spam "for the protection of its users." Now they are asking US District Judge Lucy Koh to dismiss the complaint with prejudice.

Well, that's definitely not a good thing.

Heath Reviewed by Heath on 12th Oct 2012. Google accused of spying on Gmail users http://rt.com/usa/news/google-gmail-users-plaintiffs-289/ http://rt.com/files/usa/news/google-gmail-users-plaintiffs-289/google-fights-suit-gmail.n.jpg Google isn?t exactly a stranger to allegations that they invade the privacy of their customers, but now the search engine is being asked to explain itself in court over accusations that they snoop through messages sent through its Gmail service. Well, that's definitely not a good thing. Rating: 5

[msk19994]

ahaha google gonna get owned

[VuVu]

Googles snooped on gmail for along time. The adwords ad's can be proof of it. I know the mass genre of emails I get there is always the line just above the inbox showing an ad for it. Sucks though cause I love gmail.

[Bretteo]

Meh....