Google Will Soon Stop Scanning Your Gmail to Sale its Ads
Google announced on June 23 in local time, that it will soon stop scanning the emails of its free Gmail users for the purpose of delivering personalized ads later this year. For most consumers, that would be an entirely good news, that Google's finally giving up its long-standing habit of going through your inbox to see what you're interested in, and then publish its ads in head page of your Gmail. The Development of Long-Standing Habit The long-standing habit began from 2014 since Google had launched free email service Gmail, it scans the user's email content to promote targeted advertising. For example, when a user read about running in his/her mail to friend, this user will find the sport shoes of some Nike or Asics on his/her mail head page. You might say “this habit” seems like a smart action, but some consumers will be scared away by this insulting scanning without notification of users. In fact, this is more like a privacy disclosure same as wire-tapping...