As of a January 2023 archive predating Gemini, Google's privacy policy said it trains language models on publicly available information — with no opt-out stated.
This verdict is over 180 days old and is excluded from site-wide counters until it's re-checked. The clauses below are still exactly what we found — the grey means "due for a recheck," not "wrong."
No opt-out found in this policy
Graded on the plan most users are on. Other plans appear in the matrix below.
"Research and development : Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public. For example, we use publicly available information to help train Google's language models and build features like Google Translate."
- 01 Jan 2023
- Google Account (Consumer)
- global
- A6F4AF25…80DA
Scope of this finding: This is the only archived capture on file for Google's privacy policy, and it predates Google's Gemini/Bard chat product by about two months — the quoted clause names Google Translate as its example, not a conversational AI. We don't currently track a Gemini-specific privacy notice, which may describe different (or additional) training terms and its own opt-out; this finding covers only what the general Google Account privacy policy says, not Gemini specifically.
This clause is real, but it doesn't resolve the training question — see the finding below.
"If you're a member of an organization that uses Google Workspace or Google Cloud Platform, learn how these services collect and use your personal information in the Google Cloud Privacy Notice"
- 01 Jan 2023
- Google Workspace & Cloud Platform
- global
- A6F4AF25…80DA
Why this is still UNCLEAR: The privacy policy explicitly defers organizations using Google Workspace or Google Cloud Platform to a separate Google Cloud Privacy Notice. That notice isn't a source this monitor watches, so we have nothing to quote a training determination from — only the policy's own statement that it doesn't apply here.
What each plan can refuse
The same questions asked of every plan we could identify. Every cell is sourced from a quoted clause or a documented search — see the evidence above.
- None offered
- Not stated
- 82 / 100
- Unknown
- Not established
- Not stated
- —
- Not established
Everything we read
Vendor response
Google has not disputed, clarified, or announced a change to any clause quoted above. If that changes, it will be published here verbatim.
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