Friday, February 8, 2013

Microsoft launches campaign against Gmail over privacy

<p>Microsoft has launched a campaign in the U.S. that targets Google's alleged practice of going through the contents of all Gmail messages to sell and target advertisements, raising again an old issue the Redmond, Washington, software giant has with the free email service.</p><p>The company late Wednesday cited a study which showed that 70 percent of consumers don't know that major email providers routinely engage in the practice of reading through their personal email to sell ads.</p><p>[ Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. | The Web browser is your portal to the world -- as well as the conduit that lets in many security threats. Learn how to secure your Web browsers in InfoWorld's "Web Browser Security Deep Dive" PDF guide. ]</p><p>88 percent of people disapprove of the practice once they are informed, according to a GfK Roper study commissioned by Microsoft.</p><p><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/microsoft-launches-campaign-against-gmail-over-privacy-212449">Keep reading...</a></p>

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