Google will share your personal data with governments and law enforcement agencies when it receives a legally valid request, such as a court order, subpoena, or national security letter.
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This clause establishes the operational framework under which Google will respond to legal demands and governmental requests for user data. It clarifies that compliance with legal obligations may result in disclosure of personal information held within the service.
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.
View change record →The removal of the explicit 'good-faith belief' standard and detailed legal process language represents a less specific commitment regarding government data requests and law enforcement disclosures.
View full change record →Governments and law enforcement agencies can obtain your Gmail messages, location history, search queries, and other Google account data through legal process, and Google's policy does not commit to notifying you before complying with such requests (except where legally permitted).
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"We will share personal information outside of Google if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.— Excerpt from YouTube Ads's Google Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Government disclosure obligations engage the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA, 18 U.S.C. §§2701–2712), the Stored Communications Act (SCA, 18 U.S.C. §2703), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and National Security Letters (18 U.S.C. §2709). For EU users, GDPR Art. 48 restricts enforcement of foreign court judgments requiring data transfers absent an international agreement. The CLOUD Act (Pub. L. 115-141) governs cross-border law enforcement data requests.
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This clause establishes the operational framework under which Google will respond to legal demands and governmental requests for user data. It clarifies that compliance with legal obligations may result in disclosure of personal information held within the service.
Governments and law enforcement agencies can obtain your Gmail messages, location history, search queries, and other Google account data through legal process, and Google's policy does not commit to notifying you before complying with such requests (except where legally permitted).
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