Google Privacy Policy
20160901_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20150901_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT, DATE APPROXIMATE
Full text changes — 20150901_rev01 to 20160901_rev01
| 58 | 58 | If you have a Google Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on Google or on third-party applications connected to your Google Account (such as +1's, reviews you write and comments you post) in our services, including displaying in ads and other commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to [limit sharing or visibility settings](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/limit-sharing-or-visibility-settings.html) in your Google Account. |
| 59 | 59 | |
| 60 | 60 | When you contact Google, we keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements. |
| 61 | 61 | |
| 62 | 62 | Our automated systems analyze your content (including emails) to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customized search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection. |
| 63 | 63 | |
| 64 | We may [combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/combine-personal-information.html) - for example . We will not combine DoubleClick cookie information with personally identifiable information unless we have your opt-in consent. | |
| 64 | We may [combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/combine-personal-information.html) - for example . Depending on [your account settings](https://myaccount.google.com/), [your activity on other sites and apps](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/your-activity-on-other-sites-and-apps.html) may be associated with your personal information in order to improve Google's services and the ads delivered by Google. | |
| 65 | 65 | |
| 66 | 66 | We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy. |
| 67 | 67 | |
| 68 | 68 | Google processes personal information on our servers in many countries around the world. We may process your personal information on a server located outside the country where you live. |
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| 70 | 70 | ## Transparency and choice |
| 71 | 71 | |
| 72 | 72 | People have different privacy concerns. Our goal is to be clear about what information we collect, so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. For example, you can: |
| 73 | 73 | |
| 74 | - [Review and update your Google activity controls](https://myaccount.google.com/privacy) to decide what types of data, such as videos you've watched on YouTube or past searches, you would like saved with your account when you use Google services. | |
| 74 | - [Review and update your Google activity controls](https://myaccount.google.com/privacy) to decide what types of data, such as videos you've watched on YouTube or past searches, you would like saved with your account when you use Google services. You can also visit these [controls](https://myaccount.google.com/privacy) to manage whether certain activity is stored in a cookie or similar technology on your device when you use our services while signed-out of your account. | |
| 75 | 75 | - [Review and control](https://www.google.com/dashboard/) certain types of information tied to your Google Account by using Google Dashboard. |
| 76 | - [View and edit](https://www.google.com/settings/ads/preferences) your preferences about the Google ads shown to you on Google and across the web, such as which categories might interest you, using Ads Settings. You can also opt out of certain Google advertising services here. | |
| 76 | - [View and edit](https://www.google.com/settings/ads/preferences) your preferences about the Google ads shown to you on Google and across the web, such as which categories might interest you, using Ads Settings. You can also visit that page to opt out of certain Google advertising services. | |
| 77 | 77 | - [Adjust](https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1355890) how the Profile associated with your Google Account appears to others. |
| 78 | - [Control](http://support.google.com/plus/bin/static.py) who you share information with through your Google Account. | |
| 79 | - [Take information](http://www.dataliberation.org/) associated with your Google Account out of many of our services. | |
| 78 | - [Control](https://support.google.com/plus/bin/static.py) who you share information with through your Google Account. | |
| 79 | - [Take information](https://www.dataliberation.org/) associated with your Google Account out of many of our services. | |
| 80 | 80 | - [Choose](https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements) whether your Profile name and Profile photo appear in shared endorsements that appear in ads. |
| 81 | 81 | |
| 82 | 82 | You may also set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our services, or to indicate when a cookie is being set by us. However, it's important to remember that many of our services [may not function properly](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/may-not-function-properly.html) if your cookies are disabled. For example, we may not remember your language preferences. |
| 83 | 83 | |
| 84 | 84 | ## Information you share |
| 85 | 85 | |
| 119 | 119 | We provide personal information to our [affiliates](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/key-terms/) or 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. |
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| 121 | 121 | - **For legal reasons** |
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| 123 | 123 | We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: |
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| 125 | - meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request. | |
| 125 | - meet any applicable law, regulation, [legal process or enforceable governmental request](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/legal-process.html). | |
| 126 | 126 | - enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations. |
| 127 | 127 | - detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. |
| 128 | 128 | - protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users or the public as required or permitted by law. |
| 129 | 129 | |
| 130 | 130 | [non-personally identifiable information](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/key-terms/) publicly and with our partners - like publishers, advertisers or connected sites. For example, we may share information publicly [to show trends](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/example/to-show-trends.html) about the general use of our services. |
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| 133 | 133 | |
| 134 | 134 | ## Information security |
| 135 | 135 | |
| 136 | 136 | We work hard to protect Google and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. In particular: |
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| 138 | 138 | - We encrypt many of our services [using SSL](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/173733). |
| 139 | - We offer you [two step verification](https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/2step/) when you access your Google Account, and a [Safe Browsing feature](http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/more/security.html) in Google Chrome. | |
| 139 | - We offer you [two step verification](https://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/2step/) when you access your Google Account, and a [Safe Browsing feature](https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/more/security.html) in Google Chrome. | |
| 140 | 140 | - We review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems. |
| 141 | 141 | - We restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations. |
| 142 | 142 | |
| 143 | 143 | ## When this Privacy Policy applies |
| 144 | 144 | |
| 145 | 145 | Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by Google Inc. and its affiliates, including YouTube, services Google provides on Android devices, and services offered on other sites (such as our advertising services), but excludes services that have separate privacy policies that do not incorporate this Privacy Policy. |
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| 147 | 147 | Our Privacy Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites that may include Google services, or other sites linked from our services. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of other companies and organizations who advertise our services, and who may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads. |
| 148 | 148 | |
| 149 | 149 | ## Compliance and cooperation with regulatory authorities |
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| 151 | We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy. We also adhere to several [self regulatory frameworks](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/frameworks/). When we receive formal written complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with our users directly. | |
| 151 | We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy. We also adhere to several [self regulatory frameworks](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/frameworks/), including the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. When we receive formal written complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with our users directly. | |
| 152 | 152 | |
| 153 | 153 | ## Changes |
| 154 | 154 | |
| 155 | 155 | Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes). We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review. |
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| 157 | 157 | ## Specific product practices |
| 158 | 158 | |
| 159 | 159 | The following notices explain specific privacy practices with respect to certain Google products and services that you may use: |
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| 161 | - [Chrome and Chrome OS](http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html) | |
| 162 | - [Books](http://books.google.com/intl/en/googlebooks/privacy.html) | |
| 163 | - [Payments](http://wallet.google.com/files/privacy.html) | |
| 161 | - [Chrome and Chrome OS](https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html) | |
| 162 | - [Play Books](https://play.google.com/books/intl/en/privacy.html) | |
| 163 | - [Payments](https://payments.google.com/legaldocument) | |
| 164 | 164 | - [Fiber](https://fiber.google.com/legal/privacy.html) |
| 165 | - [Project Fi](https://fi.google.com/about/tos/) | |
| 166 | - [Google Apps for Education](https://www.google.com/work/apps/terms/education_privacy.html) | |
| 165 | 167 | |
| 166 | 168 | For more information about some of our most popular services, you can visit the [Google Product Privacy Guide](https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/product-privacy/). |
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| 168 | 170 | Further useful privacy and security related materials can be found through Google's [policies and principles pages](https://www.google.com/policies/), including: |
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| 170 | 172 | - Information about our [technologies and principles](https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/), which includes, among other things, more information on |