[geeks] More gmail invites

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 09:53:45AM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> Also, while it says deleted, there privacy policy says mail may remain
> on their servers after deletion.  And there is no clarification as to
> how long it would remain there...
> The main thing that troubles me about GMail is Google's unwillingness
> to clarify policies when people have concerns.  That raises red flags
> for me.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1572683,00.asp

"it possible to delete messages, or does everything continue to reside in 
AllMail?

Oh, no, no, that was just poor wording on our part. It's just that we make a 
variety of backups, and we can't guarantee instantaneous deletion. Stuff 
that's on tapes, and those are offlineb - we eventually delete it, but we 
can't guarantee an instantaneous deletion."

Interview with Sergey Brin.

Bill

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bill bradford
austin texas