Google 'reveals user' over Gmail child abuse images - by scanning his emails.
04 August 2014
'Google has revealed the identity of a user after discovering child abuse imagery in the man's Gmail account ...
It alerted a child protection agency, which notified the police and the man was arrested,..
The arrest raises questions over the privacy of personal email and Google's role in policing the web...
Google also refused to say whether it searched its users' Gmail content for other illegal activity, such as pirated content or hate speech.''