Google does not share identifying details with advertisers unless you ask, as with tap-to-call sharing your number
Google says it does not share information that personally identifies you, such as your name or email, with advertisers unless you ask it to. Its example of asking is selecting the tap to call button on an ad for a nearby flower shop: Google connects the call and may share your phone number with the shop. The restriction concerns personally identifying information; it does not on its own address non-identifying data shared for advertising, which the sharing section covers.
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We don’t share information that personally identifies you with advertisers, such as your name or email, unless you ask us to. For example, if you see an ad for a nearby flower shop and select the “tap to call” button, we’ll connect your call and may share your phone number with the flower shop.
Qualifications & exceptions
Exception: when you ask Google to share, for example by using tap to call, your phone number may be shared with the advertiser.
People who already have your email or identifying details may be shown your public 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, for example, 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. This helps people identify an email coming from you, for example.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to publicly visible Google Account information and to people who already hold your email or identifying information.
Not stated here
Which account fields count as publicly visible is not defined in this block.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
You choose whether your name and photo appear beside your reviews and recommendations shown in ads
Shared endorsements is a choice about whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, such as reviews and recommendations, when that activity appears in ads. The existence of the control means such activity can appear in ads; your setting determines whether your name and photo accompany it.
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Shared endorsements
Choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, like reviews and recommendations, that appear in ads.
Go to Shared Endorsements
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to activity like reviews and recommendations that appear in ads.
Not stated here
The default state of the setting is not stated here.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
You control how you share, but publicly shared content may become reachable through search engines including Google
Many Google services let you share information with other people, and Google says you have control over how you share; its example is that you can share videos on YouTube publicly or keep them private. Google reminds you that when you share information publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search.
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When you share your information
Many of our services let you share information with other people, and you have control over how you share. For example, you can share videos on YouTube publicly or you can decide to keep your videos private. Remember, when you share information publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search.
Qualifications & exceptions
Public sharing can expose content to search engines; this is stated as may become accessible.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Signed-in YouTube comments and Play reviews show your name and photo, which may also appear in ads by your setting
When you are signed in and interact with some Google services, such as leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing an app in Google Play, your name and photo appear next to that activity. Google may also display this information in ads, depending on your Shared endorsements setting, which the controls section describes as your choice about whether your name and photo appear beside such activity in ads.
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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. We may also display this information in
ads depending on your Shared endorsements setting
Qualifications & exceptions
Display in ads depends on your Shared endorsements setting.
Applies when signed in and interacting with some Google services.
Not stated here
The linked Shared endorsements help page is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Google does not share personal info outside Google except with consent, domain admins, processors or for legal reasons
Google states that it does not share your personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google except in the cases that follow: with your consent, with domain administrators, for external processing, and for legal reasons. Two further statements in this section sit beside this rule: Google may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with partners, and personal information may be transferred in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets with notice. The rule therefore concerns personal information, and the following cards set out each exception.
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When Google shares your information
We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Google except in the following cases:
With your consent
With domain administrators
For external processing
For legal reasons
Qualifications & exceptions
The restriction covers personal information; non-personally identifiable information is shared under a separate statement.
Exceptions: your consent, domain administrators, external processing by affiliates and trusted businesses, and legal reasons.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares personal info outside Google with your consent, and asks explicit consent for sensitive information
Google shares personal information outside Google when it has your consent. Its example is making a reservation through a booking service with Google Home, where Google gets your permission before sharing your name or phone number with the restaurant. Google also provides controls to review and manage third-party apps and sites you have given access to data in your Google Account. For any sensitive personal information, Google says it will ask for your explicit consent before sharing.
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We’ll share personal information outside of Google when we have your consent.
through a booking service, we’ll get your permission before sharing your name or phone number with the restaurant.
you have given access to data in your Google Account. We’ll ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sensitive personal information requires explicit consent; the policy does not define sensitive here.
Third-party app and site access you granted can be reviewed and managed through a linked permissions page.
Not stated here
The Google Home reservation help page and the permissions page are not supplied.
If your account is from a school or employer, its domain administrator and resellers can access, retain and control it
If you are a student or work for an organization that uses Google services, your domain administrator and the resellers who manage your account have access to your Google Account. They may be able to access and retain information stored in your account, such as your email; view statistics about your account, such as how many apps you install; change your account password; suspend or terminate your account access; receive your account information to satisfy applicable law, regulation, legal process or an enforceable governmental request; and restrict your ability to delete or edit your information or your privacy settings. This exception applies to that audience only, and it means the privacy controls described elsewhere may not be fully available to you on such an account.
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If you’re a student or work for an organization that uses Google services, your
and resellers who manage your account will have access to your Google Account. They may be able to:
Access and retain information stored in your account, like your email
View statistics regarding your account, like how many apps you install
Change your account password
Suspend or terminate your account access
Receive your account information in order to satisfy applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request
Restrict your ability to delete or edit your information or your privacy settings
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only to accounts managed by an organization (students or employees of an organization using Google services).
Each administrator power is stated as may be able to; what a given administrator can do is not fixed by the policy.
Not stated here
The linked domain administrator help page is not supplied.
Affiliates and service providers process personal info for Google, including reviewing YouTube videos and audio samples
Google provides personal information to its affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons to process it for Google, based on Google's instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Its examples are service providers that help operate data centers, deliver products and services, improve internal business processes, and offer support to customers and users. 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. For example, 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
Processors act on Google's instructions under the policy and confidentiality and security measures.
Human review of YouTube video content and listening to saved audio samples by service providers are named uses.
Not stated here
Which audio counts as saved user audio, and the settings that govern it, are not stated here.
Google shares personal info when it believes in good faith it is reasonably necessary for law, Terms, security or harm
Google will share personal information outside Google if it has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; to enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigating potential violations; to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or to protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public. Google says it publishes the number and type of government requests it receives in its Transparency Report, which is linked but not supplied.
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We will share personal information outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
Respond to any applicable law, regulation,legal process, or enforceable governmental request. We share information about the number and type of requests we receive from governments in our
Enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations.
Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues.
Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users, or the public.
Qualifications & exceptions
The standard is Google's good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary for one of the listed reasons.
Enforcement of Terms of Service includes investigation of potential violations.
Google may share non-identifiable info publicly and with partners; some partners may set own cookies on your device
Google may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with its partners, such as publishers, advertisers, developers or rights holders; its example is publishing trends about general use of its services. Google also allows specific partners to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies. That second statement means collection by partners directly from your device, outside the personal-information sharing rule above.
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We may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with our partners — like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders. For example, we share information publicly to show trends about the general use of our services. 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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing covers non-personally identifiable information; the policy does not define that term here.
Partner collection from your device is limited to specific partners and to advertising and measurement purposes, using the partners' own technologies.
Not stated here
Which partners are allowed to collect from your device is not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
In a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Google keeps personal info confidential and gives notice before any transfer
If Google is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, it commits to continue ensuring the confidentiality of your personal information and to give affected users notice before personal information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy. The policy does not say how much notice is given or what choices you would have.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Notice precedes transfer or a change of governing privacy policy.
Not stated here
Notice period and user options are not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Google says it does not sell your personal information and does not share it as the CCPA defines sharing
In the U.S. state law section Google states that it does not sell your personal information, and that it also does not share your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The second statement uses the statute's defined meaning of share, which the policy does not reproduce; it is distinct from the ordinary-language sharing described in the Sharing section, where disclosures to processors, with consent and for legal reasons are set out.
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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).
Qualifications & exceptions
The no-share statement is limited to the CCPA's defined meaning of share; the Sharing section still describes disclosures Google makes.
The CCPA is named by the policy; its definition is not supplied in this source.
Not stated here
The CCPA definition of share is not part of this document.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Google may share non-identifiable info publicly and with partners; some partners may set own cookies on your device — contrast: Google says it does not sell or CCPA-share personal information, while also allowing specific partners to collect information from your device with their own cookies for advertising and measurement; the first statement uses a statutory definition and the second concerns partner collection, so readers should weigh both.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares information with service providers acting on its behalf under the policy and confidentiality measures
Under use of service providers, Google shares information with service providers to perform services on its behalf, in compliance with this Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures; its example is relying on service providers to help provide customer support.
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Use of service providers: Google shares information with service providers to perform services on our behalf, in compliance with our Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. For example, we may rely on service providers to help provide customer support.
Qualifications & exceptions
Providers act on Google's behalf under the policy and confidentiality and security measures.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may go to people you share with, consented third parties, processors, domain admins and law enforcement
The parties with whom information may be disclosed are: other people you choose to share with, such as through 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, with a linked page to review and manage third-party apps and sites that have access to your Google Account data; service providers, trusted businesses or persons processing information on Google's behalf under its instructions, the policy and confidentiality and security measures; domain administrators, if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services; and law enforcement or other third parties, for the legal reasons described in Sharing your information.
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Parties with whom information may be disclosed
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. You can
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.
Law enforcement or other third parties, for the legal reasons described in Sharing your information.
Qualifications & exceptions
Each party corresponds to an exception in the Sharing section; disclosure to law enforcement follows the legal-reasons standard stated there.
Domain administrator access applies only to organization-managed accounts.
Not stated here
The linked permissions and domain administrator pages are not supplied.
Law enforcement and other third parties may receive information for the legal reasons in the Sharing section
The last party in the state-law table is law enforcement or other third parties, who may receive information for the legal reasons described in Sharing your information: Google's good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to law or governmental requests, enforce its Terms of Service, address fraud, security or technical issues, or protect against harm.
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Law enforcement or other third parties, for the legal reasons described in Sharing your information.
Parties with whom information may be disclosed
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclosure is limited to the legal reasons stated in the Sharing section.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Merchants may upload loyalty data for search, shopping and campaign measurement; advertisers get only aggregated reports
Explaining the advertising and research services it provides on partners' behalf, Google says 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 states that it provides advertisers only aggregated reports that do not reveal information about individual people.
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advertising and research services on their behalf
For example, 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
Reports to advertisers are aggregated and, per Google, do not reveal information about individuals.
This concerns partner-supplied data, as described in the collection section's partner-sources card.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares data about content-removal requests with Lumen for research into users' rights
Explaining its users, Google gives the example that, to prevent abuse and increase transparency and accountability over its content moderation practices, it shares data about requests for removal of content from its services with Lumen, an organization that collects and analyzes such requests to facilitate research helping Internet users understand their rights. A help page is linked but not supplied.
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our users
For example, to prevent abuse and increase transparency and accountability over our online content moderation practices, 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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Concerns data about content-removal requests, not user content generally.
Not stated here
What personal details, if any, the shared request data contains is not stated; the linked page is not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Over 2 million non-Google websites and apps partner with Google to show ads; ad technologies are explained elsewhere
Google states that over 2 million non-Google websites and apps partner with it to show ads. For the performance of advertisers' ad campaigns, it points to a page about the technologies used for advertising. Both linked pages are outside this source.
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partner with Google
There are over 2 million non-Google websites and apps that partner with Google to show ads.
Performance of their ad campaigns.
Learn more about the technologies used for advertising.
Not stated here
The linked pages on controlling ads and on advertising technologies are not supplied.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google Trends samples web searches to estimate search popularity and publishes the results in aggregated form
Explaining show trends, Google says that when many people start searching for something it can provide useful information about trends at that time. 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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show trends
When lots of people start searching for something, it can provide useful information about particular trends at that time. 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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Results are published in aggregated terms.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
YouTube creators and advertisers may use measurement companies' cookies to learn about their audiences; merchants too
Explaining specific partners, Google says 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. Another example is merchants on Google's shopping pages, who use cookies to understand how many different people see their product listings. A page about these partners and how they use your information is referenced but not supplied. This is the concrete form of the sharing section's statement that specific partners may collect information from your browser or device.
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specific partners
For example, 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. Another example is merchants on our shopping pages, who use cookies to understand how many different people see their product listings.
Qualifications & exceptions
Partner collection uses the partners' own cookies or similar technologies for audience measurement.
Not stated here
Which measurement companies are involved and what they receive is described only on an unsupplied page.