{"id":7,"date":"2013-10-07T13:28:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ryanmcphee\/?p=7"},"modified":"2013-10-07T13:28:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T20:28:25","slug":"google-ethics-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ryanmcphee\/2013\/10\/07\/google-ethics-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Ethics Violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even with Google’s extreme successes in business, evidence has come up that some of this success may be attributed to ethical violations. \u00a0According to nine plaintiffs google has been crossing a “creepy line” when it comes to the scanning of customer’s e-mails. \u00a0This puts them in violation of federal wire-tapping laws. \u00a0Google has put up a legal fight and claimed that the users agreed to these violations when they consented to Google’s terms of service. \u00a0These terms apparently state that users consented to having their e-mails read for the purpose of targeted advertising. \u00a0The judge did not agree with that statement and decided to let the lawsuit continue.<\/p>\n

After reading the privacy policies myself it made me uncomfortable to continue using my gmail account. \u00a0It does not specifically state that google will scan your e-mails for targeted advertising. \u00a0The one quote from the terms of service that seemed to have any relation was under the heading “information we collect” in which Google says, “When you use our services or view content provided by Google, we may automatically collect and store certain information…\u00a0This may include:…\u00a0details of how you used our service, such as your search queries.” \u00a0With no other policies that even refer to any interception of information with regards to email I agree with\u00a0US District Judge Lucy Koh that,\u00a0“Nothing in the policies suggests that Google intercepts email communication in transit between users, and in fact, the\u00a0policies obscure Google’s intent to engage in such interceptions,”<\/p>\n

On a more happy note, Happy 15th Birthday Google!<\/p>\n

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Links used:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/americas\/2013\/09\/us-judge-allows-lawsuit-against-google-2013926213729988976.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en\/policies\/terms\/<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en\/policies\/privacy\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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