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bMail and Google’s “Content One Box”

Chris Hoofnagle, professor of law in residence | March 1, 2014

A lawsuit against Google alleging that its Gmail service is in effect a wiretap sheds light upon bMail, specifically concerning whether Google is scanning our communications in bMail. In the suit, plaintiffs allege that Google is intercepting communications and building profiles on users based upon their email traffic, and that this is illegal in part … Continue reading »