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Originally Posted by Graham
Ask the 4,000 plus members of the general public who are my customers.
I'm sure a lot of them don't want anyone to know that they're buying kinky leather gear. I'm also pretty definite that many won't want anyone archiving it and sending them targetted ads!!
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Well, every email provider will archive things. Whether you delete it or not. Fairly sure it's a legal stipulation that they have to keep it for so long. Nobody knows, or cares, that they're buying kinky leather gear, it's all done automatically based on keywords, which i'm sure you already know. If you don't like the service Gmail offers, don't use it. You won't find better webmail, but really, nobody's forcing anyone to use it. It just annoys me when people start the scaremongering about this. Are you aware of the info that big companies keep on you? Calls are all recorded. Info is held on computer forever. Do you have anything to worry about? No.
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I'm glad you can dismiss this so glibly. However pardon me if I disagree that it's so trivial nobody needs to worry about it.
The point is that information should *automatically* be treated as private, whether it's Auntie Maud's recipie for Xmas Pudding or your credit card details or details of your health problems.
Just because *you* don't consider it to be important doesn't mean that *I* should do the same.
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I do consider info to be important, but any important info sure as hell doesn't go to Gmail, hotmail, or my isp-provided popmail.
Information IS treated as private. Nobody reads your ads. Often, the targetted ads are wrong because of bad keyword interpretation. It's all automatic, and the targetted ads are just the tradeoff for you not having to pay for the service. Look at what hotmail are charging for their packages now. Considering you get more space with gmail, and far more functionality, how much would gmail cost, i wonder? Maybe Gmail will offer a paid-for, ad-free service once it's out of testing, but really, if you're after real security, you don't choose the free, subsidised option.
If you're WORRYING about the security and privacy of your info, you've got nothing to worry about. If you're aware of security, and indeed in NEED of data security, you'll have taken another route in the first place, and avoided gmail.