Companies/big-tech
Current privacy policylast checked 8/14/2026check delayed
What Google takes from you. Straight from the captured policy. Tap any row for the exact quote.
Account activityHow and when you use your account.Collected
“if you have YouTube History turned on, the videos you watch and the things you search for are saved in your account”
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Browsing activityPages you visit and things you tap or click.Collected
“Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account”
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Device identifiersSerial numbers and IDs that mark your phone or laptop.Collected
“We collect information about the apps, browsers, and devices you use to access Google services, which helps us provide features like automatic product updates and dimming your screen if your battery runs low.”
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Email addressThe email you sign up or log in with.Collected
“Even if you aren’t signed in to a Google Account, you might choose to provide us with information — like an email address to communicate with Google or receive updates about our services.”
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IP addressYour network address, which can reveal rough location.Collected
“We also collect information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, including IP address, crash reports, system activity, and the date, time, and referrer URL of your request.”
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LocationWhere you are or where you've been.Collected
“We collect location information when you use our services, which helps us offer features like driving directions, search results for things near you, and ads based on your location.”
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Your messagesContents of messages, chats, or emails on the service.Collected
“If you have communicated with someone via Gmail and want to add them to a Google Doc or an event in Google Calendar, Google makes it easy to do so by autocompleting their email address”
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Your nameYour legal or profile name.Collected
“When you create a Google Account, you provide us with personal information that includes your name and a password.”
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Other dataAdditional data described in the policy.Collected
“Google also collects information about you from publicly accessible sources”
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Payment detailsCards, billing info, or transaction data.Collected
“You can also choose to add a phone number or payment information to your account.”
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Phone numberYour mobile or contact number.Collected
“You can also choose to add a phone number or payment information to your account.”
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Photos & videosImages and videos you upload or store.Collected
“We also collect the content you create, upload, or receive from others when using our services. This includes things like email you write and receive, photos and videos you save, docs and spreadsheets you create, and comments you make on YouTube videos.”
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Purchase historyWhat you buy and when.Collected
“Purchase activity”
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Voice recordingsAudio of your voice, like assistant commands or calls.Collected
“When your device detects an audio activation command, like “Hey Google,” Google records your voice and audio plus a few seconds before the activation.”
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Why they use your data.
AdvertisingTargeting or measuring ads.Yes
“We also receive information from partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf”
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AnalyticsMeasuring how people use the service.Yes
“We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used. For example, we analyze data about your visits to our sites to do things like optimize product design.”
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PersonalizationTailoring content and recommendations to you.Yes
“We use the information we collect to tailor our services for you, including providing customized and personalized experiences and recommendations, including things like content, and search results.”
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Running the productMaking the service itself work.Yes
“We use your information to deliver our services, like processing the terms you search for in order to return results or helping you share content by suggesting recipients from your contacts.”
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ResearchStudies and product research.Yes
“We also receive information from partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf”
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SecurityPreventing fraud and protecting accounts.Yes
“We use information to help improve the safety and reliability of our services. This includes detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm Google, our users, or the public.”
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Sharing, retention & your controls.
You can get a copyYou can request the data they hold on you.Good sign
“You can visit your Google Account to find and manage activity information that’s saved in your history.”
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You can delete your dataThe policy offers a way to erase your data.Good sign
“My Activity allows you to review and control data that’s saved to your Google Account when you’re signed in and using Google services, like searches you’ve done or your visits to Google Play. You can browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of your activity.”
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No sharing disclosedThe captured policy doesn't disclose sharing.Disclosed
“We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Google except in the following cases”
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You can opt outYou can say no to some uses of your data.Good sign
“You can control what information we use to show you ads by visiting your ad settings in My Ad Center.”
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Shares with third partiesData goes to other companies.Disclosed
“if you watch videos of guitar players on YouTube, you might see an ad for guitar lessons on a site that uses our ad products”
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What changed.
No published changes yet.
Full evidence record (25 published claims)
data collected · other
We found: disclosed
“Google also collects information about you from publicly accessible sources”
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claim 1298d1488598ba17b7e72eafb533cf45e569aadcc2cb3e76aebcc6b59356b443
data collected · location
We found: disclosed
“We collect location information when you use our services, which helps us offer features like driving directions, search results for things near you, and ads based on your location.”
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claim 2cf3ff1e442e78b54d89b061101405c1ddfcdbd159113394b4dd8a088c28534a
purpose · personalization
We found: disclosed
“We use the information we collect to tailor our services for you, including providing customized and personalized experiences and recommendations, including things like content, and search results.”
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claim d88ec66be08423c74b484401a52b48da11ebcf0965f21cf13bc8339f16a35473
data collected · device id
We found: disclosed
“We collect information about the apps, browsers, and devices you use to access Google services, which helps us provide features like automatic product updates and dimming your screen if your battery runs low.”
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claim af1e9e8e1aff55e16d4ff9bfa4c614a53f8a127c384f650656f1a872ae2a855b
data collected · email
We found: disclosed
“Even if you aren’t signed in to a Google Account, you might choose to provide us with information — like an email address to communicate with Google or receive updates about our services.”
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claim 74601aecaf1c6a571b4e4cda03bdec7d7158f709f904d383a5e43c405a26277f
sharing · third party
We found: disclosed
“if you watch videos of guitar players on YouTube, you might see an ad for guitar lessons on a site that uses our ad products”
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claim d9c003e87f9db4a95dba283d3e562e89ea3157f53c1ac938529ba0eafa0333db
data collected · purchase
We found: disclosed
“Purchase activity”
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claim 98349459d9281633cd073ebae6656ab727871f015ba5695661dae6747f234e69
data collected · phone
We found: disclosed
“You can also choose to add a phone number or payment information to your account.”
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claim f932d7508d443b268fb391a6fe2559e508da36feac6de5cb51c62bc1b81effd6
data collected · payment
We found: disclosed
“You can also choose to add a phone number or payment information to your account.”
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claim d45dc5a4eaaf8b7950753950d45db7c5c291576d78de490853dae614931c5876
purpose · security
We found: disclosed
“We use information to help improve the safety and reliability of our services. This includes detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm Google, our users, or the public.”
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claim d64684e475bf5d9c93283b56d92e7d552072a24376b60ee0154b8cb1ffd416bc
data collected · photos
We found: disclosed
“We also collect the content you create, upload, or receive from others when using our services. This includes things like email you write and receive, photos and videos you save, docs and spreadsheets you create, and comments you make on YouTube videos.”
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claim 47baa4000b618eece6dddfe7c0c8d01db12c424ffb569711b8a517374c81d14e
data collected · voice
We found: disclosed
“When your device detects an audio activation command, like “Hey Google,” Google records your voice and audio plus a few seconds before the activation.”
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claim 22529704c14ca059097cdb624a7c21ddfc0f6d428aa580e5ddb2e2c9f8c57b24
purpose · advertising
We found: disclosed
“We also receive information from partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf”
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claim 44f13f7d48696b9865b572d38535cb59d3dc15e185e102d717e624f4c45c8c62
purpose · research
We found: disclosed
“We also receive information from partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf”
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claim 83f0d69b45a08f61f707632721eae02512363de32b8e14f16159d76045884fd3
control · deletion
We found: disclosed
“My Activity allows you to review and control data that’s saved to your Google Account when you’re signed in and using Google services, like searches you’ve done or your visits to Google Play. You can browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of your activity.”
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claim 184c87df51435b71e22d0d01bc905b182e11fdbcdf50990e9983e5fbcd804f8e
control · opt out
We found: disclosed
“You can control what information we use to show you ads by visiting your ad settings in My Ad Center.”
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claim f4178da6da9dffb8d12d708a90f97bf294acfc151d0ad3912ce4c925bed79d1b
purpose · analytics
We found: disclosed
“We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used. For example, we analyze data about your visits to our sites to do things like optimize product design.”
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claim 1da3a6834e746d1a7adf6ee911e48cce975242562c1407994df6fd62e19f2fd2
data collected · ip address
We found: disclosed
“We also collect information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, including IP address, crash reports, system activity, and the date, time, and referrer URL of your request.”
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claim 639b2fb61f07d3e0137e9db097767dc955816ed3e591c90215e738ec1ff0a074
sharing · none disclosed
We found: disclosed
“We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Google except in the following cases”
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claim c851ea0ce2c8973fab6c5e03f35a0c17ba5519ba4909860ba4946a2af0cf2a1f
control · access
We found: disclosed
“You can visit your Google Account to find and manage activity information that’s saved in your history.”
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claim 2294bc3533f47335c200fe5729f22645b83af46d007586d4682d8404f56120cb
data collected · messages
We found: disclosed
“If you have communicated with someone via Gmail and want to add them to a Google Doc or an event in Google Calendar, Google makes it easy to do so by autocompleting their email address”
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claim 4e4733291f57a38658312939ff030dc0aca02160b757f44cfd9560b2ad245499
data collected · name
We found: disclosed
“When you create a Google Account, you provide us with personal information that includes your name and a password.”
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claim 9d8cd165793abe3e414e75e43bce47bb86fb312e3368c25344a89b0e5a72fd9c
data collected · browsing
We found: disclosed
“Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account”
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claim c74236b9b2c2a1f5ea029bb332ddd080c4bec7999da260daf970495c278c59cc
purpose · product
We found: disclosed
“We use your information to deliver our services, like processing the terms you search for in order to return results or helping you share content by suggesting recipients from your contacts.”
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claim 1c2714a9a8b0748fc8a5a9d2b631b6904477075099496dc4e1dc4dfcb0324648
data collected · account activity
We found: disclosed
“if you have YouTube History turned on, the videos you watch and the things you search for are saved in your account”
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