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In a company blog, the executive reiterates Google's privacy policy; Since Wall Street Journal published a report last Monday (2/7) reporting the practice of external developers Google read posts from Gmail to refine the operation of their applications, trust in Google seems a little shaken, even more in the shadow of the case involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica – which has obtained unauthorized access to data from 87 million users. In the case of Google, the company allows you to develop third party grouping your applications to provide services such as travel planners and CRM for G Suite Gmail offer l & # 39; company. It goes without saying that these developers need to go through Google sabatina to be able to do it and that they have access to it only when the user agrees.
Now, Google is trying to shed some light on the question. Suzanne Frey, Director of Security, Trust and Privacy for the Google Cloud signed a post posted on the company's blog Tuesday in response to the report. The big question raised by the WSJ is that outside company employees would read emails from Gmail users and not smart robots that can do it automatically, which is not clear in the privacy policy and the permissions of these applications.
In Frey's post, the executive does not offer new insights into the practice of the industry, but points out the steps that a user and a company that uses the G Suite have on hand to protect their privacy and security. He reiterates Google's commitment to veto third-party apps and services that have access to sensitive Gmail data.
"A dynamic ecosystem of non-Google apps gives you options and helps you get the most out of your .mail mail," writes Frey. "However, before an external Google app is published and that it accesses your messages in Gmail, it is subject to a multi-step review that includes an automatic and manual review of the product." application, an evaluation of the application's privacy policy and its homepage to make sure that it is a legitimate application and an internal test to make sure that it works as he says. "
READ MORE > After all, what Google Among the tricks that Frey offers, let us quote the tool Security Checkup that is of interest to all devices that have logged into your account, to Gmail and the permissions that these applications had.
It should also be noted that unlike the Facebook case against Cambridge Analytica, in the case of Google, there is still no case of misuse of Gmail data. But the news reinforces our concerns about the privacy of our digital lives and the exchange of information online. Last year, Google announced that it would stop analyzing the content of Gmail users for advertising purposes as part of its strategy to make its G Suite business offer more attractive for businesses. In his article, Frey reiterates that Gmail's business model is primarily about selling paid business emails, and although there are ads in the free version of Gmail, these ads are not based on the content of the messages.
"The practice of automatic processing has caused false speculation that Google reads your emails To be absolutely clear: no one on Google reads your Gmail except in specific cases where you authorize and consent or when we need to security measures such as the investigation of a bug or abuse. "
