[gavinflud]

Unfortunately for you, you can't pick and choose what you want when Google are providing you with a free email service. Generating personalized ads is how they make money from this venture.

As the saying goes: "If you're not paying for it; You're the product, not the customer."

[lvh]

Actually, you can. Despite what the website says, you can opt out of personalized advertising:

https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/preferences/?hl=en#o...