Alphabet Google and the Gmail Ad Matter

August 27, 2016

Did you know that the Alphabet Google thing manages or provides email for about one billion users. No that’s not a record, search has that many “prospects” for advertisers.

I noted this story: “Google Faces Legal Action over Data Mining Emails.” In theory, humans at the Alphabet Google thing do not read one’s emails. I know that when I sent an email to a Googler, that person did not read the email. So there, doubting Tabithas and Tommies.

I learned from the write up, which I am confident is as valid as any other Internet news item:

… the US District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order denying Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by plaintiff Daniel Matera which alleged that Google violated federal and state wiretapping laws in its operation of Gmail. The Wiretap Act prohibits the interception of wire, oral and electronic communications.

I circled this passage as well:

In this latest twist, Judge Koh found Google’s policy of intercepting and scanning emails before they reach the inbox of the intended recipient may violate the California Wiretap Act and denied Google’s motion to dismiss Matera’s lawsuit. Matera is not a Google customer but claims that the “ubiquity of the email service” means that Google has still intercepted, scanned and analyzed his and many others’ emails [Matera] seeks to represent non-Gmail users “who have never established an email account with Google, and who have sent emails to or received emails from individuals with Google email accounts.”

The Alphabet Google thing is certainly in the midst of a number of legal hassles. We love Google and its relevant search results. I have concluded that there are some folks who cannot hop on the Alphabet Google bandwagon. Cue up John Phillips Sousa remix, “The GOOG and Alphabet Forever.”

Stephen E Arnold, August 27, 2016

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Google, Legal matters, News

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.