Google · Governance

Policy Drift Analysis Mixed 7 mo

How Google's governance documents and clauses have shifted over time, by document, provision, and change direction.

Google has made 3 significant policy changes since monitoring began in March 2026 (7 mo).
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Documents Affected

Google Privacy Policy
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This document explains how Google collects and uses your information to show you ads on YouTube. It tracks what you search, watch, and do across Google services — and stores …
Oct 17, 2026
Google updated its Privacy Policy effective date from October 1, 2026 to October 16, 2026 and revised its personalized advertising and content practices. The updated …
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All Changes (3)

Oct 17, 2026
Google updated its Privacy Policy effective date from October 1, 2026 to October 16, 2026 and revised its personalized advertising and content practices. The updated policy now describes a new …
medium neutral Google Privacy Policy
Oct 3, 2026
Google's Privacy Policy now gives an effective date of October 1, 2026, replacing May 26, 2026. One passage changed. It covers information Google collects when you are not signed in, …
medium Google Privacy Policy
May 27, 2026
Google updated its privacy policy to clarify how it collects and uses data when users are signed out, and to reorganize its privacy controls terminology. The policy now explicitly states …
medium neutral Google Privacy Policy

Trend Observation

Google's most frequent change categories are Advertising use expansion (1), Disclosure requirement change (1). Get alerted when Google changes policy →

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