Google’s Trusted Third-Party App Developers Can Access Your Gmail InformationFigure 1 Photo Courtesy of Medium Third-Party App Developers who are “trusted” by Google can access all of your Gmail information, including your email contact details and timelines. Google recently revealed it is providing data to trusted third-party developers enabling them to track emails. Google employees can also access the Gmail data, but users are required to give explicit permission. Google’s access settings allow access to your Gmail data through third party app developers and data companies. The tech giant has announced it offers reliable third-party data that includes contact details for time stamps and email messages. However for third-party companies to access your Gmail data, user consent is required. Although Google’s system may be secure, it still poses the risk of third parties being able to transfer personal information to others without permission or simply failing to securely store Gmail user data. The program is widely open to abuse, and reflects the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal involving Facebook and other third parties. Fortunately the latest Gmail redesignpermissions page is for users. Reviewing third parties that come under the category “Third-party account access applications” on Google’s permission manager is recommended to keep your account safe on a regular basis. .129 When you find any third parties that you are not comfortable sharing your personal data with or no longer using a particular service, you can revoke your permissions by clicking the Disable Access button. Google has announced that its workers had access to private data, but only when Gmail accounts investigate glitches or incidents of harassment. To order to allow any Gmail support staff to access private data for security purposes, users must expressly grant permissions.