[SEL] Re: Google Gmail - Free, But at a price...

[Arnie Fero]

"The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks."  8-))

As to "deleting" your email...  You must have missed this little bit from
Big Brother Google... "... email may remain on our systems for some
time, even after you have deleted messages from your mailbox or after the
termination of your account."

The info is just TOO useful to them to simply let it go off into the
electronic bit bucket."  Even if YOU no longer have a use for it.

But I'm sure they'll treat you and your "deleted" info with all the
sensitivity that you hope they will.  8-)))))

See ya,  Arnie

PS - Dave's a liberal democrat huh?  8-))
PPS - Tulare ain't gonna be in the cards this year.  8-(((

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Listerdiesel wrote:

> Well, that's one way of looking at it...:-))
>
> Yes, you can keep ALL your old emails and never throw them away, but I
> only keep relevant stuff that is engine-list related, and most of that
> which I have no need for is deleted, much to the annoyance of Gmail
> which chideth me greatly for not using the 1gb of free storage space
> that they have placed at my disposal.
>
> Yes, there are targetted TEXT ads on the right-hand side of the
> screen, but I have not noticed them to be honest, other than to look
> at them occasionally to see how accurate the adverts are compared with
> what the email is about.
>
> Privacy went out the window with email as far as I am concerned, so I
> don't use email for anything remotely sensitive, like Dave really
> being a Liberal Democrat after all...  and it's not a big issue for me
> personally, it may be for others.
>
> When you consider how long other bits of info about you are sold by
> your bank, building society, local council and so on, it just isn't a
> factor any more in what I choose to use.
>
> I think there is a bit of paranoia over privacy matters, but I can
> live with that if you can...