Google Gemini updated its privacy notice on May 13, 2026 to expand the stated purpose of personalizing user experience. The previous language stated that Gemini personalizes your experience by referencing chats and generating insights. The updated language adds that Gemini can personalize your experience and help you get things done, like tasks, using the same mechanism. This clarifies that the data referenced for personalization now extends to task completion and productivity features.
The updated language clarifies that Google Gemini can reference your chat history not only to personalize your experience but also to help you complete tasks and perform other productivity functions. The updated terms state that the same mechanism for accessing chats in Gemini Apps Activity now extends to task-related assistance. This is a clarification rather than a new permission, as the mechanism for accessing and using chat data remains unchanged.
Clarified that chat data is referenced both to personalize experience and to help users complete tasks
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This change clarifies the scope of data usage disclosed in Google Gemini's privacy notice by explicitly adding task completion and productivity assistance as purposes alongside experience personalization. The revision appears clarifying rather than substantively expanding …
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