Is this a new policy? As far as I know Google employs algorithms and bots of different sorts to read emails to identify topics and then use it for ad targeting.

I.e if I send you an email talking about finding a vacation deal to go to Egypt, we will get ads to that effect (obviously it'll vary somewhat).

Not really new, they changed that policy in 2017 based on some news headlines I see on the topic.

Official documentation:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603?hl=en#:~:text=Th....

Thanks for sharing. I don't keep up too much so sometimes miss things. I don't use Gmail for example so occasionally it's "the last I heard".

Appreciate it