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| Google Allows 3rd-Party App Developers to Access to Your Emails
Where and where does the invasion of our privacy end! via RT: According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the tech giant continues to let hundreds of developers read people's emails. Any of Gmail's 1.3 billion users who have connected their email addresses to apps may have unknowingly given those apps permission to read their communications. The Wall Street Journal spoke to a number of companies that said they had read people's emails. Those included Edison Software, eDataSource Inc and Return Path. The app companies say that their actions are covered by their user agreements. Google also defends the practice by saying it gets permission from users before allowing third-party applications to connect to an account. This is seen in a pop-up box that includes a note that the app wants permission to "read, send, delete and manage your email." The revelation comes a year after Google announced it would stop scanning Gmail inboxes for information to personalize advertisements, claiming