Gmail Controversy: Google Accounts: Who Can Read Private Messages on Gmail? – Digital

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google may allow third-party access to users' mail. Not only the machines, but also the people would have access.

Application developers can probably read messages from Gmail users. This suggests a revision of the Wall Street Journal . As a result, Google allows external software developers to access email from its users. Even if the group had promised to stop commercializing private messages a year ago,

Google Account: third-party providers have access to Gmail messages

In fact, Google has stopped posting with users scan. Until last year, the free version of the content since the launch in April 2004 by foam machines (here Google's blog entry) to customize the advertisements. But third-party vendors may have developed apps that can continue to access Google accounts and scan the mail accordingly – similar to the scandal surrounding Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.

Reads on [Wall Street Journal] . "The Internet giant is enabling hundreds of third-party companies to scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users who have signed up for email services, such as price comparators, e-mail services, and more. automated travel planners and other tools control. "

In addition, the magazine reported that in some cases, the mails were not only evaluated by machine. The employees themselves probably had access to user data. An overview of the services and applications with access to their own account will be provided to Google users at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions after entering the credentials. . At this point, individual offers their access rights may be withdrawn again, if you have changed notice or service is no longer necessary.

Google and data protection: investigators target Facebook

Meanwhile, US investigators are now more and more Facebook visor. The Justice Department and the FBI have also expanded their investigation on Facebook and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing public statements from the online network, as confirmed on Washington Post and on New York Times . The FTC consumer protection agency has been studying for some time whether Facebook has violated a stricter data protection commitment from 2011.

(AZ / dpa)

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