Gmail controversy continues
8 April 2004
Nearly thirty privacy and civil liberties organisations have written an open letter to Google, urging the search engine to suspend its controversial Gmail service.
Google announced that it was launching a new free email service on Apirl 1st, but has received heavy criticism for its proposed data retention and data sharing policies.
Google has revealed that Gmail users will not be able to permanently delete e-mail messages sent to their account and emails will be scanned by computer in order to provide targeted advertising links.
The company has also come under fire from small-cap independent investment research firm The Market Age, which claims it owns the trademark to Gmail.
The London-based company has announced that it plans to battle to retain the Gmail name and says that its core Pronet Web-based research application service, available to representatives of banks, features Gmail,
"When the news came out about Google's Gmail last week, I went to the US patent and trademark authorities. I thought maybe we were in trouble. But they hadn't (registered)," Shane Smith, group chief executive of Market Age, told Reuters.
He revealed that he has now paid the $700 to register Gmail under the company's name. Google's Gmail service is currently trialling with selected users.
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