In plain English
An alert is a message meant to get someone's attention. In this case, it reaches a person through email so they are informed about something.
In context
Here, “Email notifications” indicates that the alerts in question are delivered to a person by email.
- Situation
- Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
- What it communicates
- labels a notification delivery channel setting
Meaning limits
The term alone does not say what the alerts are about, when they are sent, or whether they are enabled.
Examples
“She receives email notifications about library due dates, while her flatmate asks for phone calls instead.”
“Please send email notifications to the volunteers if the meeting time changes.”