They stopped scanning for purposes of targeted advertising.

However, they still scan and read email. People can't be inconvenienced. I tend to think this is worse than scanning for ads.

I also tend to think anyone concerned about privacy moved from Google long ago. After all, its terrifying when you allow a company to determine if perhaps your received/sent links are fake, or malware, maybe they should report that you like certain sites, or have a flight.. People lived the idea of the President maxing out his power with executive orders, until they didn't.. Life is ask about tradeoffs i suppose..

http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-gmail-ads-emails...