Google does not share information that personally identifies you with advertisers unless you ask it to
Google states that it does not share information that personally identifies you with advertisers, such as your name or email, unless you ask it to. As an example, if you see an ad for a nearby flower shop and select the "tap to call" button, Google will connect your call and may share your phone number with the flower shop.
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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.
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
Unless you ask Google to share it.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
If others already have your email address, Google may show them your public Google Account name and photo
Google says that if other users already have your email address or other information that identifies you, it may show them your publicly visible Google Account information, such as your name and photo. It 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
Applies to other users who already have your email address or other identifying information; only publicly visible account information.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Shared endorsements lets you choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity in ads
Google says you can choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, like reviews and recommendations, that appear in ads.
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Choose whether your name and photo appear next to your activity, like reviews and recommendations, that appear in ads.
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The linked pages for these tools and settings are not supplied here, so the card cannot say what they offer beyond this description.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
When you share publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search
Google says many of its services let you share information with other people and that you control how you share; for example, you can share videos on YouTube publicly or keep them private. It 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.
you can share videos on YouTube publicly or you can decide to keep your videos private.
when you share information publicly, your content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to information you share publicly; "many" services, not necessarily all, offer sharing controls.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
When signed in, your name and photo appear next to activity such as YouTube comments and may appear in ads
Google says that when you are 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. It 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.
Applies when you are signed in and interact with "some" Google services.
Display in ads depends on your Shared endorsements setting.
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The linked Shared endorsements page is not supplied here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Google does not share personal information outside Google except in the listed cases
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. Separate paragraphs cover sharing of non-personally identifiable information and a merger or acquisition.
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We do not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Google except in the following cases:
Qualifications & exceptions
Exceptions: consent, domain administrators, external processing and legal reasons, each qualified in its own section.
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The passage does not define "personal information" here; the policy marks the term with a linked footnote that is not supplied.
Google shares personal information outside Google with your consent, and asks explicit consent for sensitive data
Google says it will share personal information outside Google when it has your consent. For example, if you use Google Home to make a reservation through a booking service, it will get your permission before sharing your name or phone number with the restaurant. It also provides controls to review and manage third-party apps and sites you have given access to data in your Google Account. It will ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information.
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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
you have given access to data in your Google Account.
We’ll ask for your explicit consent to share any
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when Google has your consent; explicit consent for sensitive personal information.
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The linked explanation of "sensitive personal information" and the third-party access controls are not supplied here.
Google provides personal information to affiliates and trusted businesses to process on its instructions
Google says it 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 its Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Its examples of service providers include helping operate its data centers, deliver products and services, improve internal business processes, and offer additional support to customers and users. It 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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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
Processing is on Google’s instructions and subject to the Privacy Policy and confidentiality and security measures.
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The linked explanation of "affiliates" is not supplied here.
Google shares personal information if it believes disclosure is reasonably necessary for legal or safety reasons
Google says it will share personal information outside Google if it has a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigating potential violations; detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; or protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users, or the public. It says it shares information about the number and type of requests it receives from governments in its Transparency Report.
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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,
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
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary for the listed purposes.
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The Transparency Report and the linked explanations of "legal process" and "users" are not supplied here.
Google may share non-personal information publicly and with partners; specific partners may collect from your browser
Google says it may share non-personally identifiable information publicly and with its partners, such as publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders. For example, it shares information publicly to show trends about the 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.
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publicly and with our partners — like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders.
we share information publicly to
about the general use of our services.
to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.
Qualifications & exceptions
The partner-collection sentence does not say whether the information collected is personal or non-personal.
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The linked explanations of "non-personally identifiable information" and "specific partners" are not supplied here, so the card cannot say which partners are allowed or which data they collect.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
In a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Google says it will keep personal information confidential and give notice
Google states that if it is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, 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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies if Google is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
Google says it does not sell your personal information and does not "share" it as the CCPA defines that term
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 statement uses the CCPA’s definition of "share"; the policy elsewhere describes sharing in other senses, such as with service providers and partners, which this sentence does not address.
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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 word "share" here is used as defined in the CCPA, not in the everyday sense used elsewhere in the policy.
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The CCPA definitions of "sell" and "share" are not supplied in the policy text.
Google uses information for analytics, measurement and partner obligations, and may disclose non-personal data
In the business-purposes table, Google says it uses information for analytics and measurement to understand how its services are used, as well as to fulfill obligations to partners like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders. It may disclose non-personally identifiable information publicly and with these partners, including for auditing purposes.
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Google uses information for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used, as well as to fulfill obligations to our partners like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders.
We may disclose non-personally identifiable information publicly and with these partners, including for auditing purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
Disclosure described here is of non-personally identifiable information.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares information with service providers to perform services on its behalf, such as customer support
In the business-purposes table, Google says it shares information with service providers to perform services on its behalf, in compliance with its Privacy Policy and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. For example, it may rely on service providers to help provide customer support.
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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.
we may rely on service providers to help provide customer support.
Qualifications & exceptions
Subject to the Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google uses information to satisfy laws and discloses it in response to legal process and government requests
In the business-purposes table, Google says it also uses information to satisfy applicable laws or regulations, and discloses information in response to legal process or enforceable government requests, including to law enforcement. It says it provides information about the number and type of requests it receives from governments in its Transparency Report.
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Google also uses information to satisfy applicable laws or regulations, and discloses information in response to legal process or enforceable government requests, including to law enforcement.
We provide information about the number and type of requests we receive from governments in our
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The Transparency Report is not supplied here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may be disclosed to other people you choose to share it with, like docs, photos, videos or comments
In the table of parties with whom information may be disclosed, Google lists 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.
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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.
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Applies to people you choose to share your information with.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may be disclosed to third parties with your consent, such as services that integrate with Google’s services
In the table of parties with whom information may be disclosed, Google lists third parties with your consent, such as services that integrate with Google’s services. It says you can review and manage third-party apps and sites with access to data in your Google Account.
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Third parties with your consent, such as services that integrate with Google’s services.
with access to data in your Google Account.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies with your consent.
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The linked third-party access controls are not supplied here.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may be disclosed to service providers and trusted businesses that process it on Google’s behalf
In the table of parties with whom information may be disclosed, Google lists service providers, trusted businesses, or persons that process information on Google’s behalf, based on its instructions and in compliance with its Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Processing is on Google’s behalf, based on its instructions, under the Privacy Policy and confidentiality and security measures.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may be disclosed to domain administrators if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services
In the table of parties with whom information may be disclosed, Google lists domain administrators, if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services.
, if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies if you work or study at an organization that uses Google services.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Information may be disclosed to law enforcement or other third parties for the legal reasons described
In the table of parties with whom information may be disclosed, Google lists law enforcement or other third parties, for the legal reasons described in "Sharing your information".
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Law enforcement or other third parties, for the legal reasons described in
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to the legal reasons described in "Sharing your information".
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Merchants may upload loyalty-card data; advertisers get only aggregated reports that reveal no individuals
As an example of advertising and research services Google provides on partners’ behalf, it says 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. Google states 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-report statement applies to reports given to advertisers.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google shares data about content-removal requests with Lumen to support research on users’ rights
As an example of protecting users, Google says that to prevent abuse and increase transparency and accountability over its online content moderation practices, 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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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.
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Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Google Trends samples web searches to estimate popularity and shares aggregated results publicly
Google says that when lots of people start searching for something, it can provide useful information about particular trends. 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.
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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 may work with measurement partners that use cookies to learn about audiences
As examples of specific partners that may collect information from your browser or device, 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 its shopping pages, who 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. Another example is merchants on our shopping pages, who use cookies to understand how many different people see their product listings.
Qualifications & exceptions
Given as examples of "specific partners".
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The linked page about these partners is not supplied here, so the card cannot say who all of the partners are.