The policy discloses that Notion Mail receives and processes Gmail message content, contact and reply suggestions, workspace member contact data, and calendar event response data through Google APIs for the purpose of providing Notion Mail functionality. The policy states that Workspace API user data will not be used to develop, improve, or train generalized AI or ML models, and that all Google API data use adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy including its Limited Use requirements.
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This provision establishes the scope and stated limitations of Notion's access to Google account data for Notion Mail users. The explicit commitment to Limited Use requirements and the prohibition on using Workspace API data for AI or ML model training are operationally significant for enterprise users whose organizational data flows through Google Workspace integrations.
Under this provision, users who authorize Notion Mail access will have their Gmail message content, contact data, and event response data processed by Notion for the stated purpose of providing Notion Mail functionality. The agreement states that Workspace API data will not be used for AI or ML model training, and that all Google API data handling is subject to the Google API Services User Data Policy.
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Compare across platforms →"Gmail API, Directory API, Workspace API, and Calendar API user data: To provide the Notion Mail Services to you: (a) we receive and send your email message content through the Gmail API; (b) we receive and process your contact and reply suggestions through the Directory API; (c) we receive your workspace member contact data through the Workspace API; and (d) receive your event response data (e.g. yes, no, maybe) through the Calendar API. All of this data from Google is processed to provide the requested Notion Mail functionality to you. Notion only processes Workspace API user data to provide the Notion Mail Services. We do not process Workspace API user data to develop, improve, or train generalized AI and/or ML models. Notion Mail's use of the Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.Excerpt from Notion's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Google API Services User Data Policy, which imposes contractually binding Limited Use requirements on developers accessing Google user data.
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This provision establishes the scope and stated limitations of Notion's access to Google account data for Notion Mail users. The explicit commitment to Limited Use requirements and the prohibition on using Workspace API data for AI or ML model training are operationally significant for enterprise users whose organizational data flows through Google Workspace integrations.
Under this provision, users who authorize Notion Mail access will have their Gmail message content, contact data, and event response data processed by Notion for the stated purpose of providing Notion Mail functionality. The agreement states that Workspace API data will not be used for AI or ML model training, and that all Google API data handling is subject to …
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