gmail anyone?

[Nicholas Comino]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Durant" <linuxnewbiedk at yahoo.dk>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: gmail anyone?


>
> I am looking forward to trying Gmail, however as I see
> it, it really doesn't matter what other companies do
> without telling customers. Any company that does it,
> whether they tell their customers or not is
> potentially breaking the law in a number of countries.
> There are a lot of things that companies can do in
> both registering and monitoring customers in the
> States that is unacceptable practice in other parts of
> the world. Just because it is done doesn't mean it is
> acceptible or desirable policy. My two cents was just
> to make people aware of the issue and to use their
> right to petition Google to find another model.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian


If it's an automated process that does not record permanently any personally 
identifying information that is onsold for any reason, then I don't have a 
problem with it so much. They are far more up front with what they do and 
how they do it than any other freeware company (have you ever read the 
clauses in contracts where they say that there may be 3rd party licenses in 
the software which you are agreeing to because they're being referred to, 
and which include the spyware/adward/virus clauses??). I don't want to 
discourage their honesty. At least till someone shows they aren't all they 
seem, I'll trust them. ~Nick