Others who already have your email may be shown your public Google Account name and photo
If other users already have your email address or other information that identifies you, Google may show them your publicly visible Google Account information, such as your name and photo. Google says this helps people identify an email coming from you.
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If other users already have your email address or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible Google Account information, such as your name and photo.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to publicly visible Google Account information; "may" is permissive.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
You can control who sees your account details and whether your name and photo appear in ads as shared endorsements
The About You page lets you manage personal information in your Google Account and control who can see it across Google services. The Shared endorsements setting lets you choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, such as reviews and recommendations, in ads. Elsewhere Google says that when you are signed in and comment on a YouTube video or review an app in Play, your name and photo appear next to that activity, and that this information may also be displayed in ads depending on the Shared endorsements setting.
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Manage personal info in your Google Account and control who can see it across Google services.
Choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, like reviews and recommendations, that appear in ads.
your name and photo appear next to your activity
We may also display this information in
ads depending on your Shared endorsements setting
Qualifications & exceptions
Display in ads depends on the Shared endorsements setting; the policy does not state the default here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Content you share publicly may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search
Many Google services let you share information with other people, and Google says you control how you share, for example by making YouTube videos public or keeping them private. Google warns that when you share information publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search.
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Many of our services let you share information with other people, and you have control over how you share.
when you share information publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search
Qualifications & exceptions
The warning applies to information you share publicly; private sharing choices are yours.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your name and photo appear next to activity like YouTube comments and Play reviews, and may appear in ads
When you are signed in and interact with some Google services, such as leaving a comment on a YouTube video or reviewing an app in Play, your name and photo appear next to your activity. Google may also display this information in ads, depending on your Shared endorsements setting.
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When you’re signed in and interact with some Google services, like leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing an app in Play, your name and photo appear next to your activity.
ads depending on your Shared endorsements setting
Qualifications & exceptions
Display in ads depends on the Shared endorsements setting.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Google says it does not share your personal information outside Google except in listed cases, and does not sell it
Google says it does not share your personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside Google except in the cases that follow: with your consent, with domain administrators, for external processing, and for legal reasons. In its U.S. state law section it adds that Google does not sell your personal information and does not "share" it as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act. The policy defines personal information as information you provide that personally identifies you (such as name, email or billing information) or other data that Google can reasonably link to such information, including information it associates with your Google Account. Non-personally identifiable information is information recorded about users so that it no longer reflects or references an individually identifiable user.
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We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Google except in the following cases:
Google does not sell your personal information. Google also does not “share” your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
This is information that you provide to us which personally identifies you, such as your name, email address, or billing information, or other data that can be reasonably linked to such information by Google, such as information we associate with your Google Account.
This is information that is recorded about users so that it no longer reflects or references an individually-identifiable user.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment is limited to personal information as defined; it does not cover non-personally identifiable information, which the policy says may be shared publicly and with partners.
The CCPA statement uses that law's defined meaning of "share".
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Google may share non-personal information publicly and let partners collect data for advertising and measurement — contrast: The commitment not to share personal information outside Google sits beside a statement that specific partners are allowed to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement with their own cookies. The policy does not say whether that partner collection counts as sharing or personal information.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Google shares personal information outside Google with your consent, and asks explicit consent for sensitive information
Google says it shares personal information outside Google when it has your consent. Its example is that if you use Google Home to make a reservation through a booking service, it asks your permission before sharing your name or phone number with the restaurant. It provides controls to review and manage third-party apps and sites you have given access to data in your Google Account. It says it will ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information, which the policy describes as a category relating to topics such as confidential medical facts, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs, or sexuality.
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We’ll share personal information outside of Google when we have your consent.
we’ll get your permission before sharing your name or phone number with the restaurant
We also provide you with controls to
We’ll ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information.
This is a particular category of personal information relating to topics such as confidential medical facts, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs, or sexuality.
Qualifications & exceptions
Explicit consent is stated for sharing sensitive personal information.
The other listed sharing cases (domain administrators, external processing, legal reasons) do not depend on this consent.
Google gives personal information to affiliates and providers to process, including YouTube content and audio samples
Google provides personal information to its affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons to process it for Google, based on its instructions and in compliance with the Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Examples: service providers help operate data centers, deliver products and services, improve internal business processes, and offer support. Google also uses service providers to help review YouTube video content for public safety and to analyze and listen to samples of saved user audio to help improve Google's audio recognition technologies.
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We provide personal information to our affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
we use service providers to help operate our data centers, deliver our products and services, improve our internal business processes, and offer additional support to customers and users
We also use service providers to help review YouTube video content for public safety and analyze and listen to samples of saved user audio to help improve Google’s audio recognition technologies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Providers act on Google's instructions and under confidentiality and security measures, per the policy.
Not stated here
The policy does not name the providers or say how many audio samples are reviewed.
Google may share non-personal information publicly and let partners collect data for advertising and measurement
Google may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with partners such as publishers, advertisers, developers or rights holders, for example publicly showing trends about general use of its services. It also allows specific partners to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies. Elsewhere Google gives examples: YouTube creators and advertisers working with measurement companies to learn about audiences, and merchants on shopping pages using cookies to count how many different people see their listings.
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We may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with our partners — like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders.
We also allow specific partners to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.
we allow YouTube creators and advertisers to work with measurement companies to learn about the audience of their YouTube videos or ads, using cookies or similar technologies
Qualifications & exceptions
The partner collection from your browser or device is a permission for specific partners, separate from Google giving them personal information.
Whether the partners' collected data is personal information is not stated here.
Not stated here
The specific partners and their own data practices are not described here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
In a merger or sale, Google says it will keep your personal information confidential and give notice before transfer
If Google is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, it says it will continue to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information and give affected users notice before personal information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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If Google is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, we’ll continue to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information and give affected users notice before personal information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
For U.S. state laws, Google states it does not sell personal information or "share" it as defined by the CCPA
Google says some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures, and points to where the policy covers the categories and sources of information collected, the purposes of collection and use, when information may be disclosed, and how it is retained. It states that Google does not sell your personal information and does not "share" it as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act. It also says that when it anonymizes data to protect privacy, it maintains policies and technical measures to avoid re-identifying that information.
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Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures.
We explain the categories of information Google collects and the sources of that information
We explain the purposes for which Google collects and uses information
Google does not sell your personal information. Google also does not “share” your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
when Google anonymizes data to protect your privacy, we maintain policies and technical measures to avoid re-identifying that information
Qualifications & exceptions
The sale and "share" statements are made in terms of the legal definitions; they are statements about Google's own practice and do not by themselves describe partner collection for advertising described elsewhere.
The anonymization commitment concerns avoiding re-identification of data Google has anonymized.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may go to people you share with, third parties you allow, service providers and domain administrators
The table of parties with whom information may be disclosed lists: other people you choose to share with, such as docs, photos, YouTube videos or comments, or health information through Fitbit's social features and third-party applications; third parties with your consent, such as services that integrate with Google's services, with controls to review and manage third-party apps and sites that have access to data in your Google Account; service providers, trusted businesses or persons that process information on Google's behalf based on its instructions and in compliance with the policy and confidentiality and security measures; and domain administrators if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services.
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Other people with whom you choose to share your information, like docs or photos, videos or comments on YouTube, or health information through Fitbit’s social features and third party applications.
Third parties with your consent, such as services that integrate with Google’s services.
review and manage third party apps and sites
Service providers, trusted businesses, or persons that process information on Google’s behalf, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services
Qualifications & exceptions
Each recipient group is tied to a condition: your choice to share, your consent, processing on Google's instructions, or an organization account.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Merchants can upload loyalty-card data for Google to use in search, shopping results and ad measurement
As an example of information Google receives from partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf, merchants may upload data from their loyalty-card programs so they can include loyalty information in search or shopping results or better understand the performance of their ad campaigns. Google says it only provides aggregated reports to advertisers that do not reveal information about individual people.
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merchants may upload data from their loyalty-card programs so that they can include loyalty information in search or shopping results, or better understand the performance of their ad campaigns
We only provide aggregated reports to advertisers that don’t reveal information about individual people.
Qualifications & exceptions
The aggregated-reports limit is about what advertisers receive from Google.
Not stated here
The policy does not say how uploaded loyalty-card data is matched to individuals.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares data about content-removal requests with Lumen for research on transparency and accountability
As an example of protecting its users and the public, Google says that to prevent abuse and increase transparency and accountability over online content moderation, it shares data about requests for removal of content from its services with Lumen, which collects and analyzes these requests to facilitate research to help internet users understand their rights.
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Google shares data about requests for removal of content from our services with Lumen, which collects and analyzes these requests to facilitate research to help Internet users understand their rights
Not stated here
The policy does not say whether the shared data identifies the people who made removal requests.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google Trends samples web searches and publicly shares aggregated popularity estimates
Google explains that when many people begin searching for something, it can reveal trends. Google Trends samples Google web searches to estimate the popularity of searches over a period and shares those results publicly in aggregated terms.
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Google Trends samples Google web searches to estimate the popularity of searches over a certain period of time and shares those results publicly in aggregated terms.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
YouTube creators, advertisers and merchants can use measurement companies and cookies to learn about their audiences
Google explains that it allows YouTube creators and advertisers to work with measurement companies to learn about the audience of their YouTube videos or ads using cookies or similar technologies. Merchants on its shopping pages use cookies to understand how many different people see their product listings.
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we allow YouTube creators and advertisers to work with measurement companies to learn about the audience of their YouTube videos or ads, using cookies or similar technologies
merchants on our shopping pages, who use cookies to understand how many different people see their product listings
Not stated here
The measurement companies and their own data practices are not described.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google may report use statistics to rights holders and show results for sites with public information about you
As examples of processing information for third parties, Google says it processes your information to report use statistics to rights holders about how their content was used in its services. It may also process your information if people search for your name and it displays search results for sites containing publicly available information about you.
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we process your information to report use statistics to rights holders about how their content was used in our services
We may also process your information if people search for your name and we display search results for sites containing publicly available information about you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both examples use "may" or describe a reporting practice, not a complete list of third-party processing.