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The provision establishes user-initiated control mechanisms for personal data management and advertising preferences. These controls operate as self-service administrative functions that allow users to exercise data subject rights without requiring formal requests to Google support.
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 →Users are authorized to independently manage their account information, data portability, and advertising personalization settings through a dedicated control interface. The availability of these controls means users can modify how their information is processed without requiring Google approval or intervention.
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Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights related to your personal information. For example, you may have the right to: Access information about how we process your personal information and get a copy of your personal information; Delete your personal information from our systems; Cor...
You may have rights under applicable law to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of your personal information. Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing of your data, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can exerci...
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to access, correct, delete, or transfer your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing of your data, or to withdraw consent for processing where you've previously p...
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"You have the right to access and update your information, including activity and personal info, to delete information from your Google Account, to take your information out of Google, to request that we stop using your data in certain ways, and to turn off personalized ads. You can exercise most of these controls through My Account at myaccount.google.com.— Excerpt from YouTube Ads's Google Privacy Policy
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The provision establishes user-initiated control mechanisms for personal data management and advertising preferences. These controls operate as self-service administrative functions that allow users to exercise data subject rights without requiring formal requests to Google support.
Users are authorized to independently manage their account information, data portability, and advertising personalization settings through a dedicated control interface. The availability of these controls means users can modify how their information is processed without requiring Google approval or intervention.
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