A brief explanation of what's happening with Google's new privacy policy. Learn the basics and what you need to know.

1. What
Google’s
new
Privacy
Policy
changes
mean to
you
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2. What’s going on?
Google has elected to update its
privacy policy. This affects all
users with Google Accounts who
use services such as Gmail,
Youtube, Google Analytics or
Google Calendar.

3. What exactly will happen?
On March 1st, Google will consolidate
the privacy policies of all of its
respective products into one single-
serve privacy policy.

4. Why is Google doing this?
Google has a vast amount
of products, each one
with a different privacy
policy. Currently, there
are more than 60
different privacy
policies that fall under
certain products.(1)
(1)See Google: Policies and Principles Overview

5. Will the privacy policies be completely
universal?
The majority of Google products will fall under
one universal privacy policy. However, certain
products such as Google Wallet will have
additional aspects in its policies as required by
federal law; Chrome also has additional
specific policies.
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6. Is Google collecting new data on me?
The answer is no. All Google is doing is explaining in
greater detail what data they already collect from
you and how they use it.
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7. Google currently
has NO plans to
sell your
information to
third-parties. As
the FAQ states,
“It’s simply not
how we
operate.”
See “Google: Information We Share” for more information.

8. Are there exceptions to this?
There are few exceptions to this, such as if
required by court order. However these
exceptions are the same as the ones from the
previous policy. Nothing has changed.
See “Google: Information We Share” for more information.

9. So what exactly is changing?
The Google Privacy Policy is being
consolidated to be made more readable
for its users, so they understand exactly
what data is being used.
See “Google: Information We Share” for more information.

10. What about my data?
Your data is now shareable across all of Google’s
services. For instance, a search for “Books on
Fish” using Google search may net you an
advertisement about fish in Gmail or Blogger.
Again, no new data is being collected or sold.
This is all information Google already has.
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11. Can I opt-out of the new privacy
policy?
You may not. The only way to not be
subject to the new privacy policy is
to stop using Google’s products
before March 1st.
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12. How can I see what data Google has
on me?
Google’s Dashboard allows you to see what
data and information Google has access
to, and the Ads Preferences Manager lets
you see how Google determines what
advertisements you see.
Click here to go to your Google Dashboard.
Click here to go to Google Ads Manager.

13. Can I control what data Google has?
Yes. You may set Google to not detect your
preferences when viewing ads, and you
may also control private details such as
your profile and your contacts.
Click here to go to your Google Dashboard.
Click here to go to Google Ads Manager.

14. Summary: What is changing
• Google is consolidating its privacy policies into
one single policy for the majority of its
products.
• The new privacy policy will be much easier to
read than the current ones.
• Your data will be sharable across all of
Google’s services

15. Summary: What is NOT changing
• No new information is being collected.
• Google still is not selling information to third
parties
• The privacy policy context remains the same,
save for the readability changes.
• Google products will remain free.
• You are still in complete control of what Data
Google has.

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17. Further Reading
• Google: Advertising and Privacy
• Google’s Old Privacy Policy
• Google’s New Privacy Policy
• One policy, one Google experience