Google's Gmail may face strong legal opposition

Google's planned free email, set up as a rival to Microsoft's Hotmail and to Yahoo!, may be facing strong legal opposition after a Calfornian state senator said she was drafting legislation to block the Gmail service.

Democratic Senator Liz Figueroa has said that Gmail is "an invasion of privacy", referring to Google's plan to make revenue from users agreeing to their incoming email being scanned for targeted advertising.