The Yusuf İpek channel’s technology report examines Google’s privacy policy effective October 16, 2026. The change concerns information from Gmail, Drive and Google Photos when a user chooses to make it available to another Google service that supports personalized advertising.
The exception depends on sharing with another service
The current policy retains the restriction on personalizing ads from content in those three services, but adds an exception for data the user elects to share with other advertising-supported Google services. The channel discusses this in connection with Personal Intelligence and linking apps to Search.
Sensitive categories and advertiser access
Google says personalized ads are not based on sensitive categories such as health, religion or sexual orientation. It also says information identifying a person is not shared with advertisers unless the user asks for that sharing.
The channel discusses disconnecting linked services through Search settings. The policy’s version archive records the October 16 revision, allowing the dated wording to be compared with earlier policies.
