On: Gmail scans, parses, analyzes and catalogs your email

[TheSpiceIsLife]

With regard to Gmail, privacy might be the wrong metric to be concerned about anyway.

Gmail can unilaterally lock you out of your email at any moment, immediately and forever, with no recourse nor consumer protections.

That, for me, would be mighty annoying.

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Every email provider can do this to you.

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If you run email at your own domain, and sync it offsite even if you use hosted IMAP, you can always switch your MX and be back in control of your email.

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Some email providers claim to offer support, sold even have a phone number you can call.