Google has revised its privacy policy to allow data from Gmail, Drive, and Photos to personalize advertisements shown through its AI services. The company removed language that previously excluded content from these services from being used for ad targeting.
Google says it won't search users' inboxes directly, but it will use prompts users send to AI models and the responses generated, which may contain personal information from connected services. This means data could flow indirectly from your email, files, and photos into ad personalization systems.
Users who want to prevent this can disable the Personalized Intelligence feature in Gemini. Those concerned about privacy should review their AI settings to ensure they're comfortable with how their data is being used.