In een open brief aan Google wordt tijdelijke stopzetting GMail verzocht wegens privacy problemen
Het World Privacy Forum en nog 27 andere organisaties hebben in een open brief aan Google verzocht voorlopig de plannen voor GMail niet uit te voeren zolang de privacy kwestie niet is opgelost.
De brief luidt als volgt:
“Google�s proposed Gmail service and the practices and policies of its business units raise significant and troubling questions.
First, Google has proposed scanning the text of all incoming emails for ad placement. The scanning of confidential email violates the implicit trust of an email service provider. Further, the unlimited period for data retention poses unnecessary risks of misuse.
Second, Google’s overall data retention and correlation policies are problematic in their lack of clarity and broad scope. Google has not set specific, finite limits on how long it will retain user account, email, and transactional data. And Google has not set clear written policies about its data sharing between business units.
Third, the Gmail system sets potentially dangerous precedents and establishes reduced expectations of privacy in email communications. These precedents may be adopted by other companies and governments and may persist long after Google is gone.
We urge you to suspend the Gmail service until the privacy issues are adequately addressed.”
