Google has defended itself in a class action lawsuit saying that their practice of electronically scanning the contents of people's Gmail accounts in order to sell ads is perfectly legal. Google
lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that wants to make Google stop this practice. In court records Google writes "all users of email must necessarily expect that their emails
will be subject to automated processing" and explains that the process is automated using keywords and is not read by human eyes.
The class action lawsuit says that Google's practice is
unlawful because it violates California's privacy laws and federal wiretapping statutes.
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