But it was only in 2019 that the company went public with the information that Google retains a list of the goods users purchased using Gmail, even after the emails were deleted. Google, too, acknowledged that it let app developers scan Gmail accounts for ad targeting as early as 2018. The tech giant has frequently been accused – since 2007 – of peeping into users’ emails in trying to offer more pertinent and targeted advertisements. The website’s major source of revenue is advertising, which requires targeting the right audience. And that’s the business model of the largest free online email service, Gmail, which has been around for almost 20 years. Only you will know your plans.They say, ‘if something is free, YOU are the product’.

ProtonCalendar uses end-to-end encryption to keep all the sensitive information private and secure. The official blog post added, “The event title, description, location, and participants for every event are encrypted on your device before they reach our servers so that no third party (including ProtonMail) can see the details of your events. You can use it to keep track of your plans and appointments while keeping your data private.” Describing the new service, ProtonMail mentioned, “ProtonCalendar is the first fully encrypted calendar app. The company announced the arrival of their new service in an official blog post. While the new, encrypted calendar has been in talks for some time, all ProtonMail users on a paid plan will gain access to ProtonCalendar starting today. The encrypted calendar by ProtonMail is part of the Swiss company’s privacy-focused alternatives to Google’s key products. The company has now come up with a new calendar, which is presently in public beta. Encrypted email provider ProtonMail is giving sharp competitions to its rivals, including Google's Gmail.

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