Google fights to kill email-scanning lawsuit brought by Gmail users

Via Blues News:

Computerworld - Google lawyers are in court today arguing to dismiss a lawsuit that would stop the company from scanning Gmail users' email messages for advertising purposes.

A motion hearing in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif. is set for 4:30 p.m. ET today when the company's attorneys plan to ask the court to dismiss the class-action lawsuit. The suit was initially filed in May.

Google declined to comment on today's hearing.

The lawsuit contends that Google's automated scanning of emails in the company's free, cloud-based Gmail service violates the Federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242155/Google_fights_to_kill_email_scanning_lawsuit_brought_by_Gmail_users?taxonomyId=17

They are just reading our emails to sell us shit... There is an excuse