Who said they were gathering less data? Do you understand how an email mailbox works? Those emails are still there, just like they are with any other email service.
The issue is people not understanding the difference between data collection and data use for one or more purposes. This sloppy thinking (which to my mind is so obviously wrong that I can't understand how anyone would think it) shows up repeatedly on this forum, and you're just the latest example. My apologies.
Once the data is collected, it can be used at some later date for any purpose whatsoever. It's up to the user to decide if they like the purposes it is being used for today and if they either think the data will be used for purposes they like in the future or will be able to migrate their data off the service.
Once the data is collected, it can be used at some later date for any purpose whatsoever.
INAL, but I'm fairly confident you cannot unless you want to get lawsuit. Granted, the terms that practically nobody looks at give companies pretty far reaching grants on how they can use the data but that does not mean they can change the terms on old data that was collected under a previous contract.
I work with personally identifiable information and I have to get approval from a privacy team and a lawyer team to utilize data in any new way because of said contracts.
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Who said they were gathering less data? Do you understand how an email mailbox works? Those emails are still there, just like they are with any other email service.
The parent comment that I replied to:
So the 'who' would be the parent commenter.
That type of comment feels so out of place here. I've clearly deeply annoyed you, but it's hard to tell from your reply what exactly your issue is.
The issue is people not understanding the difference between data collection and data use for one or more purposes. This sloppy thinking (which to my mind is so obviously wrong that I can't understand how anyone would think it) shows up repeatedly on this forum, and you're just the latest example. My apologies.
Once the data is collected, it can be used at some later date for any purpose whatsoever. It's up to the user to decide if they like the purposes it is being used for today and if they either think the data will be used for purposes they like in the future or will be able to migrate their data off the service.
INAL, but I'm fairly confident you cannot unless you want to get lawsuit. Granted, the terms that practically nobody looks at give companies pretty far reaching grants on how they can use the data but that does not mean they can change the terms on old data that was collected under a previous contract.
I work with personally identifiable information and I have to get approval from a privacy team and a lawyer team to utilize data in any new way because of said contracts.