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YouTube (Google)
Data Collected
●Financial & Payment Datasensitive
Payment information
●Precise Locationsensitive
Precise geolocation data
●Message & Email Contentsensitive
Email content
Call and message log information
●Health & Fitnesssensitive
Health information
Fitness and biometric sensor data
●Biometric Datasensitive
Biometric information
●Race, Religion & Demographicssensitive
Demographic information
●Government IDssensitive
Government-issued ID
○Contact Info
Name
Email address
Phone number
Shipping address
○Device & Online IDs
Account password
Unique device and browser identifiers
IP address
Cookie IDs
Advertising ID
Inferences and interest categories
○App Usage & Diagnostics
Browser type and settings
Crash reports and system activity
App usage and installed apps
○Browsing & Search History
Search terms
Chrome browsing history
Activity on third-party sites and apps
Views and interactions with content and ads
○Purchases & Transactions
Purchase activity
○Photos, Videos & Audio
Photos and videos
Audio recordings
Media files from interactions
○Employment & Education
Professional, employment, and education information
Data Sharing & Use
noSold to third parties
5 recipient categories (Other users (with whom you choose to share), Third parties with your consent, Service providers and trusted businesses, …)
YESShared for advertising
YESCross-site tracking
YESUsed for profiling / AI decisions
YESUsed to train AI models
YESDisclosed to law enforcement
Data Uses
Core serviceSecurity / fraudAdvertisingPersonalizationAnalyticsAI/ML trainingThird-party partnerships
Data Retention
Not disclosed
Varies by data type
Consumer Rights
Access
Delete
Portability
Correct
Opt-out
Security
?
Encrypted in transit?
Encrypted at rest?
MFA available?
Breach notificationBrowser Privacy Signals
unknownGPC / DNT
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What's on the label
Sold to third parties
no99% confidence
Google does not sell your personal information. Google also does not "share" your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Shared for advertising
YES97% confidence
Advertising: Google processes information to provide advertising, including online identifiers, browsing and search activity, and information about your location and interactions with advertisements.
Cross-site tracking
YES97% confidence
When you visit sites or use apps that use Google's ad or analytics services, those services may link information about your activity from that site or app with activity from other sites or apps that use our services.
Used for profiling
YES95% confidence
Many of these laws also provide the right to opt out of certain forms of profiling and targeted advertising... Inferences drawn from the above, like your ads interest categories.
Used to train AI
YES97% confidence
Research and development: Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public. For example, we use publicly available information to help train Google's AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities.
Signals & rights
Sources / Provenance
Analyzed June 3, 2026 · policy fetched June 3, 2026
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