Can Google See Your Files in Google Drive Google Drive is one of the most popular cloud storage services in the world. People use it to store everything from ordinary documents and photographs to passports, financial records, business plans, contracts, school assignments, backups and other highly personal information. That naturally raises an important privacy question: […]
What Google Photos Know About You Your Google Photos library may contain some of the most personal information associated with your Google Account. Unlike a search query or a YouTube video, a photograph can contain information about people, places, events, relationships, possessions and activities. Google Photos can also organize your library using information such as […]
What YouTube Knows About You Every video you watch on YouTube can tell a story about your interests. Watch a few technology videos and YouTube may learn that technology is relevant to you. Search repeatedly for a particular topic and that search activity can influence future recommendations. Subscribe to channels, like videos or tell YouTube […]
What Is Google Takeout? Google Takeout is Google’s tool for exporting and downloading a copy of data associated with your Google Account. It allows you to create an archive containing information from Google products and services you use. Depending on your account and the products you use, your export can include information from services such […]
Can Google Read Your Gmail Emails? Google does not use your Gmail messages to serve you advertisements, but Gmail is not an end-to-end encrypted email service in the same sense as a system where the provider cannot access decrypted message content. That distinction is important. Gmail uses encryption to protect messages in transit and at […]
