Google filed a motion to dismiss a consolidated class action complaint against it relating to its scanning of emails on Gmail and other Google services. The motion argues that 1) the wiretapping statutes exempt Google as an email service provider and courts have dismissed similar claims, 2) plaintiffs consented to the scanning practices through Google's terms, and 3) other claims like the California privacy statute fail for additional reasons such as not applying to email communications. The motion is supported by numerous legal citations.
Google is in hot water after its lawyers were caught claiming that Gmail users have "no reasonable" expectations of privacy. The short answer is that yes,