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Google May Use Gmail And Photos Data For Targeted Ads Under New Policy

The company updates its privacy policy to allow personalized AI features to utilize user data for ad targeting purposes.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 23 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 23 Oct 2026. The Verge published first, on 23 October at 16:52 UTC; Ars Technica followed 3h 27m later. The most recent article, from Ars Technica, appeared on 23 October at 20:19 UTC.

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  1. Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising Ars Technica ·
  2. Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads The Verge ·

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