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So much FUD about Google collecting "data" in this thread, from people who think data is just automatically equivalent to heaps of money. This is a paid softwa
by neil_s 8y ago
So much FUD about Google collecting "data" in this thread, from people who think data is just automatically equivalent to heaps of money.
This is a paid software product for businesses, which makes Google money and has a strict data usage policy saying "G Suite customers own their data, not Google. The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties."
https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-whitepaper/page-6.html https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-white...
Disclaimer: I do work at El Goog, but not on this product. I just find the vague wolf-crying annoying.
- antsar 8y agoWhat about scanning it not for advertising? Like, say, ML training (as speculated elsewhere in this thread)? Seems like that statement could’ve been much stronger if Google actually meant that.
- neil_s 8y agoSeriously, the page I've linked to is 2 paragraphs, just read it. It explicitly states that data IS used for ML training, to provide useful features to the customers: "Google indexes customer data to provide beneficial services, such as spam filtering, virus detection, spellcheck and the ability to search for emails and files within an individual account." Individual customer agreements may have more specifications on top, but I don't think any rational company in the world would ask for email without spam filtering because of some abstract fear of machine learning or "scanning" of data.