Google is calling on a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating its email users’ privacy by electronically scanning the content of their messages.
But the lawsuit, filed in the western U.S. state of California, says the Internet giant illegally opens and reads the emails in violation of California’s privacy laws and federal wiretapping statutes.
Google says it displays advertising based on words within Gmail messages, but adds that no humans are reading the emails.
The case comes at a particularly sensitive time for Google after documents leaked by former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden revealed that the U.S. National Security Agency secretly gathered user data from Google and other U.S. Internet companies to track people’s movements and contacts.
Google is approaching a government judge to reject a claim blaming it for abusing its email clients' security by electronically filtering the substance of their messages.
The case has a go at an especially touchy time for Google after records spilled by previous U.s. insights expert Edward Snowden uncovered that the U.s. National Security Agency covertly assembled client information from Google and different U.s. Web organizations to track individuals' developments and contacts. make fiefox my default search engine
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