Big difference between regular scanning, which is what Google does, and scanning done rarely, which is what happened in the case you posted. Back up to what triggered that article. http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5531428/microsoft-changes-outlook-com-email-policies. Read that one and you'll see that Microsoft is serious about privacy. Every Microsoft employee has to go through privacy training every year.

Let me give you a real example. My MVP profile sits on a Microsoft server. I have to opt-in to share it with the following groups: Microsoft, Other MVPS, Public. Turns out that Microsoft in this case means the MVP program, not Microsoft as a whole. In working with Microsoft technical evangelists for many years, even they don't have access to my profile unless I make it public.

Here's my biggest problem with Google scanning emails. If I send an email to someone with a GMail account, that email is scanned. I have not authorized Google to do so. The only way to stop this practice is through government regulation.

Watch this documentary to find out how bad tracking is. https://donottrack-doc.com/en/


>https://account.live.com/Agreement/Privacy?uiflavor=WebMobile
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>(MS put that in german on my machine, sorry)
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>types of content (see embolded)
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>Inhalte. Falls erforderlich sammeln wir die Inhalte Ihrer Dateien und Kommunikationen, um Ihnen die von Ihnen verwendeten Dienste anbieten zu können. Dazu gehören: Inhalte Ihrer Dokumente, Fotos, Musik oder Videos, die Sie auf einen Microsoft-Dienst wie Microsoft OneDrive hochgeladen haben. Es beinhaltet auch die Inhalte Ihrer über Microsoft-Dienste gesendeten oder empfangenen Kommunikationen wie beispielsweise: • die Betreff-Zeile und der Textkörper einer E-Mail, • den Text oder andere Inhalte einer Sofort-Nachricht, • die Audio- und Video-Aufzeichnung einer Videobotschaft und • die Audio-Aufzeichnung und Abschrift einer Sprachnachricht, die Sie empfangen oder einer Textnachricht, die Sie diktieren.
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>above that part they go into detail that they also scan contacts, use location and other user data like IP or HW data.
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>also in text can be found that the data can be given to trusted third persons
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>did you read the earlier linked
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>http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/21/5533814/google-yahoo-apple-all-share-microsofts-troubling-email-privacy-policy
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>>Can you share a link where Microsoft says it's scanning emails? The only thing I've ever read is they scan attachments for malware, but not the actual text of the email. I just did a web search and didn't come up with anything that says text is scanned.
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>>>Funny, but dodging the question, as I did not question the fact that GMail mails texts are scanned by Google.
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>>>Question is: Is MS having changed policies to a state allowing them to scan emails usings their services still "better" in your opinion than Google in the specific context of sending mail through their servers/having a mail account with them ? If so, why?
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