Google Privacy Policy Update Allows Ad Targeting From Gmail, Drive, and Photos When Linked to Personal Intelligence

 

Google changed its privacy policy on Oct. 16 to permit personalized ads based on content from Gmail, Drive and Photos when users connect those services to the Personal Intelligence AI feature in Search or Gemini, according to the revised policy. The update carves out an exception to a longstanding commitment that Google would not use content from these services for advertising.

Under the previous policy, Google stated it did not show personalized ads based on content from Drive, Gmail or Google Photos. The new language retains that baseline but adds that the restriction does not apply if users choose to make data from these services available to other Google services that support personalized ads, according to the policy.

The change took effect Oct. 16, according to the policy https://tinyurl.com/ymbjv4y5