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> Example, if you use your gmail account for Amazon, your entire purchase history will be stored by Google and you can't delete it. not anymore. amazon has sto
by techslave 7y ago
> Example, if you use your gmail account for Amazon, your entire purchase history will be stored by Google and you can't delete it.
not anymore. amazon has stopped putting product information in notification emails for just this reason. Notifications are now generic, “your order confirmation” etc. you have to login to amazon to discover the order that was confirmed etc. makes email receipts much less useful but avoids the 3rd party privacy issue.
and also, TFA is wrong. if you delete the email AND empty the trash, or wait 30 days for auto-empty, the purchase is forgotten by gmail.
even with this in mind, amazon chose to remove specifics from their notifications.
EDIT: except for the first 1click notification.
- singron 7y agoAmazon still lists the first item of a purchase for me (e.g. an order of X and Y shows up as "X and 1 other item"). Google then lists that on my purchases page.