Google's Gmail

Google's Gmail and its privacy has been debated since its inception, however the other day I found myself on a forum where they were discussing spam. The people there were saying that Gmail is the best for rooting out spam and they all loved Gmail.

Love Gmail or hate it, the one major reason not to use it is because of the privacy issues. Google actually read all of the mail that filters through Gmail, which Google says is so they can gather user preferences to better serve them with ads or search results. Google's motto is, of course, is: Do no evil.

Google have all these long-winded privacy policies, that no one ever reads, or cannot understand if they do try to read them, that are supposed to protect everyone. However, from what I can see is that those policies mainly protect Google. But while Google is watching everyone's personal details, who's watching Google to ensure that they are doing the right thing?