Google Gemini removed language describing how users could personalize their Gemini experience using data from connected Google apps. The updated notice no longer explains the Connected Apps personalization feature, eligibility requirements, or how to enable this functionality. This means the policy no longer discloses this data use practice, though it remains unclear whether the underlying feature itself has been discontinued or simply removed from the privacy notice.
The updated privacy notice no longer discloses how Google Gemini uses data from connected Google apps to personalize user experience. Previously, the policy explained eligibility requirements and the opt-in process for this personalization feature. The removal means users no longer have a documented disclosure of this data practice in the privacy notice itself, though the operational status of the Connected Apps feature and whether it remains available is not clarified by this change.
The removal of this disclosure eliminates a material transparency requirement from the privacy notice. Under privacy regulations including GDPR and CCPA, organizations must disclose material data practices in their privacy policies. The absence of disclosure language creates ambiguity about whether the Connected Apps personalization practice continues undisclosed, has been discontinued, or is now treated differently. This impacts users' ability to understand how their data is used and may affect compliance obligations for organizations relying on Gemini's disclosures to inform their own privacy practices.
→ Users will no longer have documented disclosure of Connected Apps personalization data use in the privacy notice.
→ If the feature remains operational but is no longer disclosed, the data use will continue without explicit policy notice.
Removed five sentences explaining how users can opt in to personalization using data from connected Google apps, including eligibility requirements and the mechanism for enabling this feature.
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Users can no longer read in the privacy notice how their data from connected apps is being used to personalize Gemini.
Google removed five sentences from its Gemini Apps Privacy Notice describing the Connected Apps personalization feature. This deletion removes a key transparency disclosure about how Gemini uses data from connected apps. Depending on applicable privacy law in relevant jurisdictions (GDPR, CCPA, and similar frameworks), privacy policies may be required to disclose material data practices. The removal of disclosure language without clarification about whether the practice itself continues creates potential compliance questions around transparency obligations. Organizations offering similar connected-app personalization features should evaluate whether their own privacy disclosures adequately describe these practices.
GDPR (transparency and lawfulness of processing), CCPA (consumer rights to know), COPPA (if minors are affected), FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive practices)
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