Google has given itself the right to scan user letters.
Google has updated the rules for the use of its services, adding a clause on its own right to scan users' personal information. Scanning concerns not only letters, but generally any content.
“Our systems automatically analyze your content (including mail) to offer a personalized service, including search results, ads and improved protection against spam and malicious links,” the new paragraph of the rules says.
In addition, Google has amended to get the opportunity for any action on user content, including modification and distribution. And this concerns not only the content that the user uploads to Google servers (for example, Google Drive), but also any data transmitted through any Google services.
“When you upload, upload or save content in our services, and send or receive content through our services, you give Google the right to use, store and modify this content, create derived data based on it, transmit, publish, publicly reproduce, publicly display and distribute this content, ”says the new rules.
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New rules entered into force on April 14th. Previous edition acted from November 2013
From the comparison of the current and previous editions:
Google spokesman Matt Kallman told Reuters that the rules have been changed “according to requests received over the past few months,” and now “more understandable to users.”
The latest edition of the Google Terms of Service can be found here.
What is interesting, for users of RuNet, the link is different and there is another previous edition - tyts .
Similar rules were introduced in December 2012 by Instagram, which caused an uproar among users. The new rules contained clauses giving the company the right to display images of users on third-party sites without paying compensation for copyright. Instagram promised to rewrite the rules in a more understandable language, which, nevertheless, did not save her from legal action.
A lawsuit was also filed against Google - in September 2013. It said that scanning letters violated federal and state laws on wiretapping and the protection of privacy. The company said that scanning mail is necessary for the proper functioning of the service.
In March 2014, the judge refused to combine the complaints of several users into a single class action lawsuit against Google, explaining that there were significant differences in the claims. If the claim was collective, it would have been harder for Google to win.
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“Our systems automatically analyze your content (including mail) to offer a personalized service, including search results, ads and improved protection against spam and malicious links,” the new paragraph of the rules says.
In addition, Google has amended to get the opportunity for any action on user content, including modification and distribution. And this concerns not only the content that the user uploads to Google servers (for example, Google Drive), but also any data transmitted through any Google services.
“When you upload, upload or save content in our services, and send or receive content through our services, you give Google the right to use, store and modify this content, create derived data based on it, transmit, publish, publicly reproduce, publicly display and distribute this content, ”says the new rules.
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New rules entered into force on April 14th. Previous edition acted from November 2013
From the comparison of the current and previous editions:
Google spokesman Matt Kallman told Reuters that the rules have been changed “according to requests received over the past few months,” and now “more understandable to users.”
The latest edition of the Google Terms of Service can be found here.
What is interesting, for users of RuNet, the link is different and there is another previous edition - tyts .
Similar rules were introduced in December 2012 by Instagram, which caused an uproar among users. The new rules contained clauses giving the company the right to display images of users on third-party sites without paying compensation for copyright. Instagram promised to rewrite the rules in a more understandable language, which, nevertheless, did not save her from legal action.
A lawsuit was also filed against Google - in September 2013. It said that scanning letters violated federal and state laws on wiretapping and the protection of privacy. The company said that scanning mail is necessary for the proper functioning of the service.
In March 2014, the judge refused to combine the complaints of several users into a single class action lawsuit against Google, explaining that there were significant differences in the claims. If the claim was collective, it would have been harder for Google to win.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/219447/
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