Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising

October 23, 2026 n Ryan Whitwamn

Summary

A recent update to Google's privacy policy suggests the tech giant may begin utilizing personal data from services like Gmail for targeted advertising purposes. This shift appears to dismantle longstanding restrictions that previously protected sensitive user information across several popular applications from being used in ad personalization.

Using Google's products and services has always been fundamentally precarious—doing so gives the world's largest advertising company a lot of juicy personal data. Google has long said it won't use the sensitive data from products like Gmail, Drive, and Photos for ad personalization, but a change to the company's privacy policy appears to dismantle that firewall. On October 16, Google…

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