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Google quietly changes privacy policy so your Gmail and Photos could be used in targeted ads - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
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Google has updated its privacy policy to allow personal information from Gmail, Google Photos, and Drive to potentially be used for targeted advertising, raising new questions about how the company handles users’ private data.

The change, which took effect on October 16, introduces a significant exception to Google’s previous promise that it would not use content from these services to personalize advertisements.

As first spotted by Android Authority, the updated policy specifically affects users who connect their personal information to Google’s AI-powered services, including Search and Gemini.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

If you already switched to proton, you can add Gmail to it, there’s an option to add it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    One thing to note on this is that after a week, Google told me that my account might be compromised, severed the link between Gmail and my Proton account, and forced me to log back in to my Google account on my computer.

    I reconnected to Proton and it did it again a couple weeks later. Not sure if it's fixed. (or working as intended)

    Gmail Forwarding is the old feature that just forwards mail, and that seems to work fine without ever kicking you off, it's only Gmail Connection (which allows sending emails from your Proton mail and having them send from your Gmail address) that's done it for me so far.

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