Reissued 2026-10-07: this change was first recorded in reverse as CA-X-001296, which was withdrawn; this record describes it in the order it happened. Google updated its Privacy Policy, effective April 2, 2026. Where the policy described Google Analytics as the way activity on other sites and apps is linked, it now refers to Google's “ad and analytics services”, and it says data from Google Analytics can be linked to “cookies and other technologies that are related to visits to other websites and apps”. Activity information is now described as saved “by your activity controls” rather than “in your account”. One sentence now says this information “is shared regardless of which browser or browser mode you use”, where it previously said “collected”. And in the Incognito example, sites and apps that integrate Google's services now “still share information with Google”, where the policy previously said they “may still share” it.
Reissued 2026-10-07: this change was first recorded in reverse as CA-X-001296, which was withdrawn; this record describes it in the order it happened. Google updated its Privacy Policy, effective April 2, 2026. Where the policy described Google Analytics as the way activity on other sites and apps is linked, it now refers to Google's “ad and analytics services”, and it says data from Google Analytics can be linked to “cookies and other technologies that are related to visits to other websites and apps”. Activity information is now described as saved “by your activity controls” rather than “in your account”. One sentence now says this information “is shared regardless of which browser or browser mode you use”, where it previously said “collected”. And in the Incognito example, sites and apps that integrate Google's services now “still share information with Google”, where the policy previously said they “may still share” it.
Revised to state that Google's ad and analytics services may link activity information using 'cookies and other technologies' rather than limiting description to first-party cookies.
Changed from 'collected regardless of which browser or browser mode' to 'shared regardless of which browser or browser mode,' and clarified that third-party sites 'still share' information with Google in Incognito mode.
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