Google is still letting third-party services access people’s Gmail accounts, according to a letter to US senators from Google.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the letter to senators said that while Google stopped scanning Gmail accounts, third-party developer apps still could. The letter comes ahead of a privacy-focused hearing in Washington next week.
Google said that it allows third-party apps to use this acquired data however they wanted, within reason.
“Developers may share data with third parties so long as they are transparent with the users about how they are using the data,” wrote Susan Molinari, the company’s vice president for public policy and government affairs for the Americas, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Ensuring your security and privacy within Gmail: You can visit the Security Checkup to review what permissions you have granted to non-Google apps, and revoke them if you would like. For G Suite users, admins can control which non-Google apps can access their users’ data through whitelisting.
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