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MSFT doesn't read your email to target you with ads.

• lvillani 8y ago
  AFAIK Google doesn't do that anymore. Source: https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-traction-in-the-enterprise-g-suites-gmail-and-consumer-gmail-to-more-closely-align/ https://www.blog.google/products/gmail/g-suite-gains-tractio...
  • akvadrako 8y ago
    That does say they don't read your email for ad personalisation, but it doesn't say they don't read your email. Reading your email for data gathering is their entire business model so if they don't explicitly say they don't, you should assume they do.
    • icebraining 8y ago
      Their business model is reading your email for ad personalization. How else would they make money from reading it?
      • akvadrako 8y ago
        Marketing research.
• csdreamer7 8y ago
  You really don't know that. MS built Win10 to spy on you and build a business from data mining. Why would they not do that for email? (Or, more likely, change Outlook's ToS to allow it once you are hooked.) You could say that of any email provider, but ProtonMail is under GDPR so it makes it a safer alternative.
  • devmunchies 8y ago
    > but ProtonMail is under GDPR I thought GDPR was European union? Protonmail is in Switzerland.
    • wackro 8y ago
      I haven't read this yet so can't summarise, but here it is: https://protonmail.com/blog/gdpr-email-compliance/ https://protonmail.com/blog/gdpr-email-compliance/
      • brongondwana 8y ago
        Lots of people are "under GDPR". Us for example :) https://fastmail.blog/2018/05/24/gdpr-is-here/ https://fastmail.blog/2018/05/24/gdpr-is-here/
  • SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
    What? If you're an EU citizen you're "under GDPR" no matter who your provider is.
• rrdharan 8y ago
  I believe they do, but you can opt Out? https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/280093-outlook-com-opt-out-opt-personalized-ads.html https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/280093-outlook-com-opt...