WASHINGTON—Senior lawmakers requested answers from Alphabet Inc. on Tuesday about privacy questions surrounding Gmail, the company’s popular email service.
In a letter from Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R., S.D.) and two subcommittee chairmen, the lawmakers asked Larry Page, Alphabet Inc.’s chief executive, to explain the company’s practice of allowing third-party app developers to scan email contents for commercial purposes. That practice was revealed last week in The Wall Street Journal.
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