Google Gemini added a new section to its privacy notice describing data handling for a new Notebooks feature. The updated terms state that chats with Notebooks are saved according to the user's Keep Activity setting and may be used to improve Gemini with help from human reviewers. Files added to Notebooks as sources are not used directly to train generative AI models. This clarifies how data flows through the new Notebooks feature specifically.
The updated privacy notice adds explicit disclosure of how data flows through the new Notebooks feature in Gemini. Chats with Notebooks are retained according to the user's Keep Activity setting and used to improve Gemini products with assistance from human reviewers, consistent with standard Gemini data handling. Files added as sources to Notebooks are explicitly excluded from direct use in training generative AI models. This change does not alter how data is collected or used, but rather clarifies the scope and limits of data processing for this specific new feature.
→ Review your Keep Activity setting in Gemini to control how Notebooks chats are retained
→ Understand that source files added to Notebooks will not be used to train AI models
Chats with Notebooks are saved according to Keep Activity setting and used to improve Gemini with human review assistance.
Files added as sources to Notebooks are not used directly to train generative AI models.
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