[OSM-talk] Google Map Maker

[Michael Collinson]

[Off original topic!]

Google certainly do "access" the information sent to gmail accounts 
in order to deliver targeted ads in the account holders web email 
browser. So the original post had me rushing to read the fine 
print.  I had to read it pretty carefully but access is limited to 
the following broad categories and I didn't see any obvious loopholes:

formatting and delivering email; delivering advertisements and 
related links; preventing unsolicited bulk email (spam); to satisfy 
applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental 
request; violation of Terms of Service; protect against imminent harm 
to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public 
as required or permitted by law.

The last two *could* perhaps be used in a heavy-handed fashion perhaps.

Mike

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en-GB/users/terms.html
http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html Google General Privacy Notice
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en_GB/privacy.html   Google 
Mail Privacy Notice




At 01:16 PM 6/25/2008, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> >I'm using gmail. The way I read my user agreement google
> >pretty much has the right to do anything they want with
> >any information I give them. For that reason I'm careful
> >not to put anything really important in my emails.
>
>I find that very hard to believe, that a mail service operator would have
>the right to "steal" confidential
>info in your email. Is there not a law against unauthorised reading of
>emails?
>Or am I missing something?
>
>Nick