Google Says Third-Party Developers Can Read Your Gmail Because You Allow Them.
In 2014, during a lawsuit hearing, Google acknowledged that the company reads users’ emails and that Gmail users should not expect privacy. Then, in June last year, Google announced that it will stop analyzing user’s personal emails for targeted advertising purposes.
However, now, the search engine giant has admitted that “sometimes” emails sent and received by Gmail users can be accessed by third-party app developers. That is because you as a Gmail user allow third-party apps to read your emails.