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Privacy Complaint Against Google's GMail Service
CRCates writes "Privacy groups in the UK have filed a complaint against Google over its new Gmail service. Privacy groups said they were concerned about Google's ability to link a user's personal details, supplied in the Gmail registration process, to Web-surfing behaviour through the use of a single cookie for its search and mail services. "
This would be the cookie that doesn't expire till 2038 yes?
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
After all not even a company like google could keep track of that much information. :P
[quoteblock]It hasn't even been launched yet, it's in beta. I'd imagine the people in this beta have signed some kind of agreement where they say they cannot do anything if they are adversly affected by Gmail, so what's the problem? Of course it's a different matter when it's launched to the public.[/quoteblock]
Or more like they signed an agreement that made sure they agreed to complete and total lack of anonymity and privacy.
I'm giving a fuck about privacy... What other mail provider that supply 1Gb of storage and cool search tools over your mailbox? And Yahoo! and others collect your data also...
I wish to complain about the post I am going to make half an hour from now. It is inflammatory and totally uncalled for.
"And they don't read your email."
spy mac?
I, on the other hand, have serious trouble understanding anything the Europeans do. I'm glad you've figured them out. :)
I've petitioned the town council to have her windows boarded up.
Seeing bad movies only encourages them. Watch responsibly
It seems that European privacy law is much more strict than US law, and by retaining a subscriber's email even after they have deleted it or cancelled their account Google is breaking those laws.
:)
Cool. Looks like the rest of us won't have to compete with all the Europeans for cool gmail addresses.
Another option is that gmail just won't be available in Europe.
Who said Freedom was Fair?
You just won silliest analogy on Slashdot for the day.
A coupon for a free "dinner for one" at the Country Kitchen Buffet is headed you way, and will arrive in a year or two.
--- Ban humanity.
I'm sure the first thing the hotmail staff do when they get into work on a morning is read all my mail to find out what a fascinating life I lead.
As soon as Bill Gates and his henchmen manage to reconcile the facts that I am a 104 year old man from Zimbabwe, lots of hot teens want to meet me and I have a massive interest in cable descramblers then I am sure they have some evil plan to oppress me.
Fine. I think Google should comply immediately with this complaint and deny GMail use to any UK resident.
Problem solved.
The slashdot post and the second half of the article point out the complaint that Google has the capability to link all your past searches to the email you input to be kept informed of GMail developments. This would be something that is happening NOW, not later.
While I optimistically doubt Google will ever do anything heinous by linking my searches for "home construction photos" and "windows 2000 webdav locks up" to my email account, I recognize that some people don't want their searches for "cat snuff films" and "dog attacks cat" linked to their email, catlover@mail.com.
Repeat after me, We are all free thinkers...
We are all free thinkers...