Do you remember a free Gmail app you installed years ago and then forgot? It probably still has access to your e-mail and to collect your data. 
Douglas MacMillan, of Wall Street Journal, us recalled a problem we are talking about every three and a bit: Some applications during installation ask for permissions and we allow them to have them. But then we forget it.
This fact is of course exploited by some "free" (and not only) applications to have full access to your email.
What MacMillan says:
One of these companies is Return Path Inc., which collects data about them advertisers by scanning the inboxes of more than two million people who have signed up for one of the free apps at network of its partners. Return Path collects every Gmail, Microsoft Corp or Yahoo. The company's computers typically perform the scan, analyzing about 100 million messages email per day. About two years ago, Return Path employees were reading about 8.000 emails to help develop the software, people familiar with the company said.
Worried about the idea? And it's just an example given by MacMillan. Think about how many other examples exist from apps that you have accessed, voluntarily or without even knowing it.
Think carefully the next time you find a "free" application that asks you to access your Gmail account or any other email account you use.
It is good to open directly the list of applications you have accessed and remove everything you do not need.
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