does gmail look at the content of your mail?

[researchgene]

Hi all

Just wondering whether gmail looks at the content of mail you send. I wonder this because google docs has a terms of service
http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS?hl=en
that seems to say that you, the creator, have copyright of any material you create and post, but they, google, have the right to publish and redistribute anything you save on their hosted server.

Does gmail have any similar terms of service?

Thanks

Gene

[AussieWebmaster]

Gmail runs the algorithm through your email content for selecting ads... but does not do anything else with it.

[researchgene]

"Gmail runs the algorithm through your email content for selecting ads... but does not do anything else with it."

Great! Thanks for the info.

Gene

Gene Shackman
The Global Social Change Research Project

[beu]

I would add, any email scanned for viruses is in fact still scanned but no, Googlers aren't reading your inbox.:)