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HOW DO APPS PROVIDE ACCESS TO PRIVATE EMAILS ON GMAIL?

Hundreds of?third-party developers have created online services that bring 付加 functionality?to Gmail, the hugely-successful Google email （弁護士の）依頼人.

Almost anyone can build an app that connects to Gmail using the 使用／適用 Programming Interface (API) 供給（する）d by Google.

These apps can 供給する 付加 functionality to the Gmail inbox, like the ability to compare prices from different online retailers, or quickly unsubscribe from any marketing emails sent to your 演説（する）／住所.?

When Gmail 使用者s 調印する-up for one of these third-party services, or open an app that 接近s their Gmail, Google 要求するs them to 認める 許可.?

If 使用者s 認める 許可, the app can 接近 their inbox and can read the contents of sent and received messages.

Google does not 公表する／暴露する how many apps 現在／一般に have 接近 to Gmail.?

Trawling through the contents of 使用者s' emails is useful for companies who want data on 使用者s' shopping habits, travel 旅程s and personal communications.

The practice is not 違法な and is covered by 使用者 協定s, the developers （人命などを）奪う，主張する.

However, an 調査 by the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物 discovered that developer 従業員s say their 顧客s are often not aware of what data is 存在 collected and what companies are doing with it.

'Some people might consider that to be a dirty secret,' said Thede Loder, the former 科学（工学）技術 officer at eDataSource.?

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