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It establishes that in the absence of user action, chat data is retained for 18 months, and it defines the exact alternative retention periods available to users.
The updated privacy notice discloses a new calling feature that allows Gemini to make calls on behalf of users on eligible Pixel devices. Before each call, Gemini will display the information it plans to share and require user confirmation; sensitive data like credit card numbers and passwords will not be shared. Call transcripts are stored on Google servers and used to generate summaries and display calling history, but audio recordings are not stored on Google servers or used to train AI models. You can delete your calling activity, transcripts, and recordings at any time through your Gemini Apps Activity or directly in the Phone by Google app.
View change record →The updated privacy notice discloses that when using the new Speak-to-Window feature on macOS, Gemini captures audio from your microphone along with your active window content to process your instructions. Transcripts of your voice instructions are retained according to your Keep Activity setting and used to improve Gemini, including through human review. The audio data itself is not stored. You can control transcript retention by adjusting your Keep Activity setting in Gemini.
View change record →The updated notice establishes that custom third-party connected apps integrated with Gemini are not monitored or secured by Google, and warns that connecting them may expose your data, passwords, devices, and accounts to unauthorized access. The notice also discloses that Gemini Spark on macOS can interact directly with local files you add to connected folders, including editing and organizing them. Additionally, the notice introduces temporary chats as an option that are not used to improve Google AI with human reviewers, though Google states it still uses chats to respond to you and help protect Google, users, and the public even when Keep Activity is off or temporary chats are used. You can start a temporary chat to opt into this alternative chat mode, and you can manage Gemini Spark settings to control access to local files.
View change record →Your chat data will be retained for 18 months unless you actively change the auto-delete setting to one of the three available alternatives.
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At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.
We will promptly destroy personal information at the end of the retention period, as described above. When we destroy personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as we need it to provide you with access to our Services or to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected...
"You can change your auto-delete setting in Gemini Apps Activity from the default of 18 months to 3 months, 36 months, or indefinite.Excerpt from Google Gemini's Gemini Apps Privacy Notice
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It establishes that in the absence of user action, chat data is retained for 18 months, and it defines the exact alternative retention periods available to users.
Your chat data will be retained for 18 months unless you actively change the auto-delete setting to one of the three available alternatives.
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