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by martey 3317 days ago
G Suite has different privacy practices than GMail.

https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650

> Does Google use my organization’s data in G Suite services or Cloud Platform for advertising purposes?

> No. There are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform, and we have no plans to change this in the future. We do not scan for advertising purposes in Gmail or other G Suite services. Google does not collect or use data in G Suite services for advertising purposes.

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> We do not scan for advertising purposes in Gmail or other G Suite services. Google does not collect or use data in G Suite services for advertising purposes.

You could drive several trucks sideways through the holes in that statement.

On the other hand, training neural networks and teaching computers to have general intelligence is not inherently an advertising purpose ;)
> for advertising purposes

What other purposes would they use it for? Can anyone think of one?

Malware. Child porn. They actually do both:

https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-y...

Oh, and for indexing, of course.

How about generating a "lifestyle profile" (or psych profile).

They could sell that to a third party, then buy back the profile compounded with other third parties's data to use for advertising. Bonus points if Alphabet (aka Google) control all the companies involved.

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