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YouTube has no privacy policy of its own in this dataset — every snippet comes from Google's unified Privacy Policy, which covers YouTube as one of many Google services. The policy lays out, in a large reference table, what information Google collects, why it processes it, and under what legal basis. Three related AI-training disclosures recur throughout: (1) a "develop new Google services, products and features" purpose stating Google "use[s] publicly available information online or from other public sources to help train new machine learning models and build foundational technologies that power various Google products such as Google Translate, [Bard/Gemini Apps], and Cloud AI capabilities"; (2) a companion sentence saying Google "use[s] your interactions with AI models and technologies like [Bard/Gemini Apps] to develop, train, fine-tune, and improve these models... and update their classifiers and filters including for safety, language understanding, and factuality"; and (3) a shorter restatement of point (1) under a "publicly accessible sources" FAQ heading. A fourth, unrelated machine learning mention covers age verification: Google "use[s] machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18."

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YouTube – Privacy Policy

Dataset: PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) — 25 platforms, 2022–2026

PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) is this wiki’s legacy dataset: pre-tagged JSONL records covering 25 major social-media, messaging, and content-sharing platforms, with risk scores and keywords assigned via systematic extraction of 1,736 high-risk clauses from each platform’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and Community Guidelines, spanning 2022–2026.

Note: This page contains documented policy clauses. Risk assessment is qualitative and context-dependent. For analysis of patterns across platforms, see:

• AI Act Substance Matrix
• Tier Bifurcation
• Scraper Enforcement Gap
• Methodology

Source: sources/jsonl/YouTube_Privacy_Policy.jsonl Last updated: 2025-12-12

Overview

YouTube has no privacy policy of its own in this dataset — every snippet comes from Google’s unified Privacy Policy, which covers YouTube as one of many Google services. The policy lays out, in a large reference table, what information Google collects, why it processes it, and under what legal basis. Three related AI-training disclosures recur throughout: (1) a “develop new Google services, products and features” purpose stating Google “use[s] publicly available information online or from other public sources to help train new machine learning models and build foundational technologies that power various Google products such as Google Translate, [Bard/Gemini Apps], and Cloud AI capabilities”; (2) a companion sentence saying Google “use[s] your interactions with AI models and technologies like [Bard/Gemini Apps] to develop, train, fine-tune, and improve these models… and update their classifiers and filters including for safety, language understanding, and factuality”; and (3) a shorter restatement of point (1) under a “publicly accessible sources” FAQ heading. A fourth, unrelated machine learning mention covers age verification: Google “use[s] machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18.”

The history here is unusually eventful for a privacy policy. The AI-training disclosure has existed since the first scrape (2023-11-16). On 2024-01-15, Google added a “Data controller” paragraph naming Google Ireland Limited as responsible for AI-training-related processing in the EEA/Switzerland — a real, GDPR-relevant detail. On 2024-02-08, every reference to “Bard” was renamed “Gemini Apps” throughout the AI-training language, matching Google’s real-world rebrand. The remaining edits (2024-03-08, 2025-07-02, 2025-12-12) are minor and unrelated — wording tweaks to ad-personalization phrasing and legal-disclosure sentences elsewhere in the same snippet windows. The AI-training sentences themselves haven’t changed since the Bard→Gemini rename.

Flagged Keywords & Risks

• machine learning — Covers two separate disclosures: (a) the AI-training clause described above, and (b) an unrelated sentence about using “machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18” for age verification. Why it matters: the AI-training half is a direct admission that publicly available information feeds Google’s general-purpose AI models, not just YouTube’s; the age-verification half is a narrower, more defensible use of ML for safety and compliance. Neither shows an opt-out.
• train AI/models — The same core sentence: publicly available information helps “train Google’s AI models,” plus the Data-controller paragraph naming Google Ireland Limited as responsible for that training-related processing for EEA/Switzerland users. Why it matters: this confirms the training right is broad, not limited to YouTube data, and gives EEA/Switzerland users a specific entity to direct GDPR requests to about AI training — a level of detail not seen on other platforms tracked here.
• fine-tune — “We use your interactions with AI models and technologies like [Bard/Gemini Apps] to develop, train, fine-tune, and improve these models to better handle your requests, and update their classifiers and filters including for safety, language understanding, and factuality.” Why it matters: your own conversations with Google’s AI assistant get used to fine-tune that same assistant — a direct feedback loop from what you say into future model updates, with no opt-out shown for this specific use.

Legal Context & Research Significance

The clause stating Google “use[s] publicly available information online or from other public sources to help train new machine learning models” is the clearest “data sharing & selling” (and, via the fine-tuning sentence, “tracking & profiling”) disclosure in this entire wiki, because the 2024-01-15 addition of a “Data controller” paragraph names Google Ireland Limited as specifically responsible for AI-training-related processing in the EEA/Switzerland — a level of jurisdictional specificity Javed & Sajid (2024) note is typical of the privacy-policy literature’s focus on which data-protection regulation (GDPR, in this case) a given disclosure is meant to satisfy. Atkinson’s (2025) contract-notice framework for scraping/training bans does not constrain Google here, since this is Google training on “publicly available information” generally rather than content scraped in violation of a posted prohibition; if anything, this clause is the AI-training outcome Atkinson’s framework is designed to let website owners contractually prevent. Per Soneji et al. (2025), even though such disclosures are often rated as highly understandable by readers, severity judgments about them remain polarized — consistent with this page’s own observation that no opt-out is shown for either the general AI-training use or the Bard/Gemini fine-tuning loop.

Changes Summary

Version History

2023-11-16

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

Clause: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

| The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* To perform a contract with you, such as using logs of interactions with Google apps to ensure they are working as intended.
* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Provide, maintain, and improve services to meet the needs of our users. For example, analyzing which search terms are most frequently misspelled to help us improve spell-check features used across our services.
* Understand how people use our services to ensure and improve the performance of our services. For example, analyzing usage of Google Translate to improve translation quality and increase the availability of Translate in more languages.
* Perform research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public. For example, improving Google Translate’s translation quality and increasing the availability of Translate in more languages. | | To develop new Google services, products and features

Examples of processing activities:

* Understanding how people organized their photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos.
* Understanding how users view and creators generate short-form content helped Google develop new YouTube services.
* Depending on your settings, we can save audio recordings of voice interactions with services like Google Search, Assistant, Maps, and Gboard to develop and improve Google audio technologies.
* We use publicly available information online or from other public sources to help train new machine learning models and build foundational technologies that power various Google products such as Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities.
* We use your interactions with AI models and technologies like Bard to develop, train, fine-tune, and improve these models to better handle your requests, and update their classifiers and filters including for safety, language understanding, and factuality. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Develop new products and features that are useful for our users. For example, understanding how people used photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos.

Clause: machine learning, train AI/models

| The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Develop new products and features that are useful for our users. For example, understanding how people used photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos. Or using information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features using these foundational technologies, like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities.
* Provide, maintain, and improve services to meet the needs of our users. For example, using information about your activity in our services, like your interactions with Bard, to train and improve machine learning models, and update their language understanding capabilities, safety classifiers and filters.
* With your consent, such as saving audio recordings of voice interactions with Google Search, Assistant, Maps, and Gboard to develop and improve Google audio technologies. | | To provide personalized services, including content and ads

To customize our services for you, including providing recommendations, personalized content, and customized search results.

Examples of processing activities:

* Google’s Security Checkup feature provides security tips adapted to how you use Google products.
* Google News may provide you with local news results based on your approximate location.
* Google Search may provide you with results based on your approximate location.
* Google Assistant can use your contacts to send a message at your request, like “Send a text to John Smith.”
* Google Play uses information like apps you’ve already installed and videos you’ve watched on YouTube to suggest new apps you might like.
* We may display a Google Doodle on the Search homepage to celebrate an event specific to your country.
* Google can show you ads based on the context of the site you’re visiting, like ads for gardening equipment on a page about gardening tips.
* When you’re signed in to your Google Account and have the Web & App Activity control enabled, you can get more relevant search results that are based on your previous searches and activity from other Google services.

Depending on your settings, to show you personalized ads based on your interests.

Examples of processing activities:

* If you search for “mountain bikes” or watch videos of mountain biking, you may see an ad for sports equipment in your search results or on YouTube.
* If you watch videos about baking on YouTube, you may see more ads that relate to baking as you browse the web.
* You may also see personalized ads based on information from the advertiser. If you shopped on an advertiser’s website, for example, they can use that visit information to show you ads. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services.

Clause: machine learning

Respect for the privacy and security of data you store with Google underpins our approach to complying with these legal requests. Our legal team reviews each and every request, regardless of type, and we frequently push back when a request appears to be overly broad or doesn’t follow the correct process.
* Legal obligations sometimes require us to retain certain information for purposes like financial record-keeping, such as information about a payment you’ve made to Google for tax or accounting purposes.
* Various laws and regulations require us to put in place measures to confirm that our users are old enough to use our services. To help determine your age, we process the date of birth you provide. We also process information about your activity in our services, both when you’re signed in to a Google Account or signed out, and use machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18. In certain cases, if we cannot confirm that you are old enough to use our services by other means, we can request other information to verify your age, like your government ID, credit card, a photo of you, or your phone number. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Enforce legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of applicable Terms of Service. For example, analyzing content to help us detect abuse such as spam, malware, and illegal content.
* Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues with our services. For example, collecting and analyzing IP addresses and cookie data to protect against automated abuse.
* Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law, including disclosing information to government authorities. For example, responding to legal process or enforceable requests from governments and courts to disclose data, after carefully reviewing each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws.
* Perform research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public. For example, processing information about requests to remove content from our services to educate the public, facilitate research, and provide transparency about these requests.
* When necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person.

Clause: train AI/models

If you shopped on an advertiser’s website, for example, they can use that visit information to show you ads. Learn more ### phone number If you add your phone number to your account, it can be used for different purposes across Google services, depending on your settings. For example, your phone number can be used to help you access your account if you forget your password, help people find and connect with you, and make the ads you see more relevant to you. Learn more ### protect against abuse For example, information about security threats can help us notify you if we think your account has been compromised (at which point we can help you take steps to protect your account). ### publicly accessible sources For example, we may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities. Or, if your business’s information appears on a website, we may index and display it on Google services. ### rely on cookies to function properly For example, we use a cookie called ‘lbcs’ that makes it possible for you to open many Google Docs in one browser. Blocking this cookie would prevent Google Docs from working as expected. Learn more ### remove For example, as described above, you can request to remove content, including content that may contain your information, from specific Google services, based on applicable law (including data protection law) and our policies.

2024-01-15

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

machine learning, fine-tune unchanged from 2023-11-16.

Clause: train AI/models (new snippet added — a genuinely new “Data controller” paragraph naming Google Ireland Limited as the controller responsible for processing information to train Google’s AI models for EEA/Switzerland deployments)

And you can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under local law. ### Data controller Unless otherwise stated in a service-specific privacy notice, the data controller responsible for processing your information depends on where you are based: * Google Ireland Limited for users of Google services based in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, located at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. * Google LLC for users of Google services based in the United Kingdom, located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. Google LLC is the data controller responsible for processing information indexed and displayed in services like Google Search and Google Maps regardless of your location. Google Ireland Limited is the data controller responsible for processing information to train Google’s AI models for the purpose of deploying them in services provided by Google Ireland Limited in the European Economic Area or Switzerland. ### Legal bases of processing We process your information for the purposes described in this policy, based on the following legal grounds: * We process your data in order to provide a service you’ve asked for under a contract. * We process your data for our legitimate interests and those of third parties while applying appropriate safeguards that protect your privacy. * We process your data when necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person. * We process your data when we have a legal obligation to do so.

Clause: train AI/models (updated wording — narrower window of the same “publicly accessible sources” AI-training clause already quoted above; no wording change)

Account.](https://myaccount.google.com/personal-info)

protect against abuse

For example, information about security threats can help us notify you if we think your account has been compromised (at which point we can help you take steps to protect your account).

publicly accessible sources

For example, we may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities. Or, if your business’s information appears on a website, we may index and display it on Google services.

rely on cookies to function properly

For example, we use a cookie called ‘lbcs’ that makes it possible for you to open many Google Docs in one browser. Blocking this cookie would prevent

2024-01-26

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2024-01-15 (see above).

2024-02-08

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

Clause: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune (updated wording — “Bard” rebranded to “Gemini Apps” throughout; otherwise unchanged)

| The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* To perform a contract with you, such as using logs of interactions with Google apps to ensure they are working as intended.
* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Provide, maintain, and improve services to meet the needs of our users. For example, analyzing which search terms are most frequently misspelled to help us improve spell-check features used across our services.
* Understand how people use our services to ensure and improve the performance of our services. For example, analyzing usage of Google Translate to improve translation quality and increase the availability of Translate in more languages.
* Perform research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public. For example, improving Google Translate’s translation quality and increasing the availability of Translate in more languages. | | To develop new Google services, products and features

Examples of processing activities:

* Understanding how people organized their photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos.
* Understanding how users view and creators generate short-form content helped Google develop new YouTube services.
* Depending on your settings, we can save audio recordings of voice interactions with services like Google Search, Assistant, Maps, and Gboard to develop and improve Google audio technologies.
* We use publicly available information online or from other public sources to help train new machine learning models and build foundational technologies that power various Google products such as Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities.
* We use your interactions with AI models and technologies like Gemini Apps to develop, train, fine-tune, and improve these models to better handle your requests, and update their classifiers and filters including for safety, language understanding, and factuality. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Develop new products and features that are useful for our users. For example, understanding how people used photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos.

Clause: machine learning, train AI/models (updated wording — “Bard” rebranded to “Gemini Apps” throughout; otherwise unchanged)

| The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Develop new products and features that are useful for our users. For example, understanding how people used photos in Picasa, Google’s first photos app, helped us design and launch Google Photos. Or using information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features using these foundational technologies, like Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities.
* Provide, maintain, and improve services to meet the needs of our users. For example, using information about your activity in our services, like your interactions with Gemini Apps, to train and improve machine learning models, and update their language understanding capabilities, safety classifiers and filters.
* With your consent, such as saving audio recordings of voice interactions with Google Search, Assistant, Maps, and Gboard to develop and improve Google audio technologies. | | To provide personalized services, including content and ads

To customize our services for you, including providing recommendations, personalized content, and customized search results.

Examples of processing activities:

* Google’s Security Checkup feature provides security tips adapted to how you use Google products.
* Google News may provide you with local news results based on your approximate location.
* Google Search may provide you with results based on your approximate location.
* Google Assistant can use your contacts to send a message at your request, like “Send a text to John Smith.”
* Google Play uses information like apps you’ve already installed and videos you’ve watched on YouTube to suggest new apps you might like.
* We may display a Google Doodle on the Search homepage to celebrate an event specific to your country.
* Google can show you ads based on the context of the site you’re visiting, like ads for gardening equipment on a page about gardening tips.
* When you’re signed in to your Google Account and have the Web & App Activity control enabled, you can get more relevant search results that are based on your previous searches and activity from other Google services.

Depending on your settings, to show you personalized ads based on your interests.

Examples of processing activities:

* If you search for “mountain bikes” or watch videos of mountain biking, you may see an ad for sports equipment in your search results or on YouTube.
* If you watch videos about baking on YouTube, you may see more ads that relate to baking as you browse the web.
* You may also see personalized ads based on information from the advertiser. If you shopped on an advertiser’s website, for example, they can use that visit information to show you ads. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services.

Clause: train AI/models (updated wording — “Bard” rebranded to “Gemini Apps” throughout; otherwise unchanged)

For example, your phone number can be used to help you access your account if you forget your password, help people find and connect with you, and make the ads you see more relevant to you. Learn more ### Places you label like home and work You might choose to save places to your Google Account that are important to you, such as your home or your work. If you set your home or work addresses, they can be used to help you do things more easily, such as getting directions or finding results closer to your home or work, and for more useful ads. You can edit or delete your home or work addresses anytime in your Google Account. ### protect against abuse For example, information about security threats can help us notify you if we think your account has been compromised (at which point we can help you take steps to protect your account). ### publicly accessible sources For example, we may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities. Or, if your business’s information appears on a website, we may index and display it on Google services. ### rely on cookies to function properly For example, we use a cookie called ‘lbcs’ that makes it possible for you to open many Google Docs in one browser. Blocking this cookie would prevent Google Docs from working as expected. Learn more ### remove For example, as described above, you can request to remove content, including content that may contain your information, from specific Google services, based on applicable law (including data protection law) and our policies.

2024-03-08

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

train AI/models, fine-tune unchanged from 2024-02-08.

Clause: machine learning (updated wording — unrelated legal-disclosure boilerplate edit elsewhere in this large snippet window; the AI/ML-training sentence itself is unchanged)

Respect for the privacy and security of data you store with Google underpins our approach to complying with these legal requests. Our legal team reviews each and every request, regardless of type, and we frequently push back when a request appears to be overly broad or doesn’t follow the correct process.
* Legal obligations sometimes require us to retain certain information for purposes like financial record-keeping, such as information about a payment you’ve made to Google for tax or accounting purposes.
* Various laws and regulations require us to put in place measures to confirm that our users are old enough to use our services. To help determine your age, we process the date of birth you provide. We also process information about your activity in our services, both when you’re signed in to a Google Account or signed out, and use machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18. In certain cases, if we cannot confirm that you are old enough to use our services by other means, we can request other information to verify your age, like your government ID, credit card, a photo of you, or your phone number. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Enforce legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of applicable Terms of Service. For example, analyzing content to help us detect abuse such as spam, malware, and illegal content.
* Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues with our services. For example, collecting and analyzing IP addresses and cookie data to protect against automated abuse.
* Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users, or the public, including disclosing information to government authorities. For example, responding to legal process or enforceable requests from governments and courts to disclose data, after carefully reviewing each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws.
* Perform research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public. For example, processing information about requests to remove content from our services to educate the public, facilitate research, and provide transparency about these requests.
* When necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person.

2024-03-29

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2024-03-08 (see above).

2024-05-06

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2024-03-29 (see above).

2024-09-17

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2024-05-06 (see above).

2024-11-20

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-17 (see above).

2025-07-02

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

machine learning, fine-tune unchanged from 2024-11-20.

Clause: train AI/models (updated wording — minor trim of an unrelated ad-personalization phrase elsewhere in this snippet window; the AI-training sentence itself is unchanged)

For example, your phone number can be used to help you access your account if you forget your password, help people find and connect with you, and make the ads you see more relevant to you. Learn more ### Places you label like home and work You might choose to save places to your Google Account that are important to you, such as your home or your work. If you set your home or work addresses, they can be used to help you do things more easily, such as getting directions or finding results closer to your home or work, and for ads. You can edit or delete your home or work addresses anytime in your Google Account. ### protect against abuse For example, information about security threats can help us notify you if we think your account has been compromised (at which point we can help you take steps to protect your account). ### publicly accessible sources For example, we may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities. Or, if your business’s information appears on a website, we may index and display it on Google services. ### rely on cookies to function properly For example, we use a cookie called ‘lbcs’ that makes it possible for you to open many Google Docs in one browser. Blocking this cookie would prevent Google Docs from working as expected. Learn more ### remove For example, as described above, you can request to remove content, including content that may contain your information, from specific Google services, based on applicable law (including data protection law) and our policies.

2025-07-08

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2025-07-02 (see above).

2025-10-03

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2025-07-08 (see above).

2025-11-04

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

All clauses unchanged from 2025-10-03 (see above).

2025-12-12

• Explicit AI clause: YES
• Non-explicit predatory: NO
• Flagged keywords: machine learning, train AI/models, fine-tune

train AI/models, fine-tune unchanged from 2025-11-04.

Clause: machine learning (new snippet added — unrelated legal/regulatory-disclosure sentence added elsewhere in this large snippet window; the AI/ML-training sentence itself is unchanged)

Respect for the privacy and security of data you store with Google underpins our approach to complying with these legal requests. Our legal team reviews each and every request, regardless of type, and we frequently push back when a request appears to be overly broad or doesn’t follow the correct process.
* Certain laws require us to share information with regulators and third parties, such as researchers and authorized out-of-court dispute bodies.
* Legal obligations sometimes require us to retain certain information for purposes like financial record-keeping, such as information about a payment you’ve made to Google for tax or accounting purposes.
* Various laws and regulations require us to put in place measures to confirm that our users are old enough to use our services. To help determine your age, we process the date of birth you provide. We also process information about your activity in our services, both when you’re signed in to a Google Account or signed out, and use machine learning technology to determine if you are likely over 18. In certain cases, if we cannot confirm that you are old enough to use our services by other means, we can request other information to verify your age, like your government ID, credit card, a photo of you, or your phone number. | The information processed will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* Things you create or provide to us:
* Content you create, upload, or receive (like photos, videos, emails, docs and spreadsheets). Google Dashboard allows you to manage information associated with specific products.
* Personal information that you provide us when you create a Google Account (like your name and password, phone number, date of birth, or payment information).
* Information that we collect as you use our services:
* Information about your apps, browsers & devices, such as unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device you’re using; and information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, (like IP address, crash reports, and system activity).
* Information about your activity in our services, such as your search terms, Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account, your views and interactions with content and ads, and your activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services. You can review and control activity data stored in your Google Account in My Activity.
* Location information, such as may be determined by GPS, IP address, and other data from sensors on or around your device, depending in part on your device and account settings.
* Information from publicly accessible sources, such as information that’s publicly available online (like if your name appears in a local newspaper article) or from other public sources.
* Information from our trusted partners, such as from directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, or security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. | The legal grounds for processing this information will depend on how you use Google services and your settings but could include the following:

* When necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including to:
* Enforce legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of applicable Terms of Service. For example, analyzing content to help us detect abuse such as spam, malware, and illegal content.
* Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues with our services. For example, collecting and analyzing IP addresses and cookie data to protect against automated abuse.
* Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users, or the public, including disclosing information to government authorities. For example, responding to legal process or enforceable requests from governments and courts to disclose data, after carefully reviewing each request to make sure it satisfies applicable laws.
* Perform research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public. For example, processing information about requests to remove content from our services to educate the public, facilitate research, and provide transparency about these requests.
* When necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person.