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Right, I am normally very quick to criticize google with their "privacy" tactics and have largely cut google out of my life... But this seems... right? and lon

Right, I am normally very quick to criticize google with their "privacy" tactics and have largely cut google out of my life... But this seems... right? and long overdue. If they can't look at your data they can't do these things. The way they are framing this however, yeah that is a bit shady and would likely encourage more people to allow it. Reminds me of the tactics Facebook tried with the app tracking apple did. But... still. Now if only google could also ask for the permission of the person sending you the email that would be great, but that is a pipe dream.

diggan 1y ago
The problem is the bundling of consent. I understand they need to use that specific piece of data if I want to use that particular feature, but they could also have given the choice of "Let us use the data for the feature, but nothing beyond that", together with "Use the data for improving the services for everyone" and "Don't use the data for anything", just like it was before. Instead, they're bundling "Use the data for the functionality" and "Let Google store the data indefinitely, and use for improving any other Google service", which is the part that leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth. For reference, this is the help page the message was linking to: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15604322 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15604322 Some relevant parts that many comments here seemed to have missed: > When smart features are on, your data may be used to improve these features [...] To improve our services. If you have turned on any of the smart features settings, we may also process your Workspace Content & Activity to improve these features. [...] Developing new products and features [...] Performing research