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What do you mean "caught"? Google Drive has always been a data farm.
But it's still probably illegal
Illegal how?
Not allowed by the ToS and the privacy policy
Wouldn't it be though? No one reads ToS. Most people probably owe google their kidney, their first born child, and their soul. So far as I know, which is admittedly very little, there is nothing that says a company can't read everything you write if you agree to let them.
Yes. Now its documented that Google is violating their terms of service. I'm sure their lawyers will point to the clause that says they can change the terms of service at any time without warning