Google has announced plans to change its policies regarding third party apps’ access to Gmail users’ inboxes. The rule change will place significant restrictions on the type of data that developers are able to access. Third-party apps will no longer be allowed to scrape users’ Gmail inboxes for advertising or market research purposes, while apps that access Gmail will face a more stringent review process. In an announcement posted today, Google said it would begin rolling out changes in late January.
Google has announced plans to change its policies regarding third party apps’ access to Gmail users’ inboxes. The rule change will place significant restrictions on the type of data that developers are able to access. Third-party apps will no longer be allowed to scrape users’ Gmail inboxes for advertising or market research purposes, while apps that access Gmail will face a more stringent review process. The company has announced a number of privacy updates after it emerged that a bug in Google+ had compromised user data.