April 15, 2004

Internet search company Google is considering changes to its Gmail e-mail service amid criticism over privacy concerns, the company's president said.

Privacy groups and a California state senator have criticized the free e-mail service because it would place advertising in personal messages after searching them for key words.

Google President and co-founder Sergey Brin told the Journal his company will not make any "rash changes" to the e-mail service which is still being tested by thousands of users.

But he also said the idea of letting Gmail users opt in or out of the targeted ad service was an idea that "is being batted about. We certainly wouldn't rule it out," the Journal said.

In late March the world's top Web search company announced plans to launch Gmail -- a service that would offer users one gigabyte of free storage, more than 100 times the storage offered by other free services from Yahoo Inc.

Source: Yahoo News

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