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.
Consumers: Users can no longer read in the privacy notice how their data from connected apps is being used to personalize Gemini.
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.
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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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 …
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