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The updated policy makes several material clarifications about how Google links your activity across websites and apps. It shifts from describing analytics tools in isolation to framing them as part of a broader 'ad and analytics services' ecosystem, and broadens the scope of data linking to explicitly include 'cookies and other technologies'. The policy also clarifies that data sharing occurs even in private browsing modes. Review your Google Account activity controls to understand what data is being collected and linked across services you use.
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We, or vendors we engage, may automatically collect information about your use of our website or services through cookies and similar technologies. This may include navigational and network-related activity...
If you rate an Output in response to an Input—for example, by using the thumbs up/thumbs down icon—we may store the entire related conversation as part of your Feedback.
We may use online analytics products that use cookies to help us analyze how de-identified users use our Services and to enhance your experience... We may also employ third-party Cookies to gather data for interest-based advertising.
"We use various technologies to collect and store information, including cookies, pixel tags, local storage, such as browser web storage or application data caches, databases, and server logs.Excerpt from Google's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “We use various technologies to collect and store information, including cookies, pixel tags, local storage, such as browser web storage or application data caches, databases, and server logs.”
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