I can talk about myself and the reason I think Gmail is not working for me. I'm less worried about the security part of the email and more about the tracking as

I can talk about myself and the reason I think Gmail is not working for me. I'm less worried about the security part of the email and more about the tracking aspect. I don't need encrypted emails, however I don't want someone gleaning information from my emails and using it for selling me stuff and generally profiling. All my Amazon order confirmation used to go to Gmail and they would most definitely read it. I know this because they use it to show me status of the deliveries. It is not unrealistic to think Google will also use this data to build patterns around my buying habits and things I use etc. That does not make me feel comfortable. Amazon already know that because I shop there, I don't want Google also knowing that. My opinion is tracking, ads are all fine on the primary website, but if you follow me around the web, tracking my every move, I'll stop using such services and try my best to prevent the tracking.