Every Google product is
designed for safety.

Every day, billions of people use Google to find reliable information, get to their destination, connect with loved ones, and more. When you use our products and services, it’s our responsibility to keep your personal information private, safe, and secure.

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Search.
Safely and securely.

A laptop and phone featuring Google Search

Safe, high-quality results

We work hard to ensure that you see helpful, high-quality search results and not web spam, such as sites that don’t deliver on the promise of high quality content or employ tactics that might prove harmful to users. We’re continuously improving our spam-fighting technology and working with those beyond Google to support a high-quality, safer web.
Your searches are secure

All searches on google.com and in the Google app are protected by encryption.
Easy-to-use privacy controls

We secure the Search history saved to your Google Account and make it easy for you to review and delete it from your account with privacy controls.
Controls for content safety

Search is designed to help you find what you’re looking for. You can add a layer of protection by opting into SafeSearch , which can help filter sexually explicit results.
Search in Incognito mode with the Google app

The Google app for iOS comes with Incognito mode. It’s always a tap away from the homescreen.

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Email that keeps
your private information safe.

GMAIL

Strong phishing protections

Many malware and phishing attacks start with an email. Gmail blocks more than 99.9% of spam, phishing attempts, and malware from reaching you.
Account safety

We protect your account against suspicious logins and unauthorized activity by monitoring multiple security signals. We also offer the Advanced Protection Program for accounts most at risk of targeted attacks.
Email encryption

In Google infrastructure, messages are encrypted at rest and while in transit between data centers. Messages transiting to third-party providers are encrypted with Transport Layer Security when possible or required by configuration.

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Security you never
have to think about.

Chrome

Secure by default

Built-in protections like Safe Browsing, sandboxing, and other best-in-class technologies protect you from dangerous sites, malware, and threats when you use Chrome.
Automatic security updates

Chrome can automatically update every six weeks so you have the latest security features and fixes, no action needed from you.
Strong and unique passwords

To keep all your accounts more secure, Chrome can help create strong and unique passwords and fill them in for you across devices as you browse the web.
Incognito mode

Incognito mode in Chrome gives you the choice to browse the internet without your activity being saved to your browser or your device.

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Explore the world,
control your privacy.

Maps

Incognito mode

Use Maps in Incognito mode and your activity won’t be saved to your device. Easily turn on Incognito mode in Maps by tapping your profile photo, and turn it off anytime to get a more personalized experience, including restaurant recommendations and other features tailored to you.
Easy-to-access privacy controls

With “ Your data in Maps ,” you can easily access your Location History and other privacy controls to view and manage your data.

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Your YouTube experience
is yours to control.

YouTube

My Ad Center

We never sell your personal information to anyone. We also provide easy ways for you to control the ads you see, and turn off ads personalization, with My Ad Center.
Incognito mode

While Incognito mode in YouTube is on, your activity ? like the videos you watch ? won’t be saved to your Google Account or included in your watch history.
Easy-to-use privacy controls

Your YouTube History can improve your experience and deliver content recommendations. Decide how long to keep your YouTube History or turn it off altogether by going to “ Your Data in YouTube. ”

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Google Photos, a safe home
for life’s memories.

Google Photos

Keeping your information safe

We protect the memories you back up to Google Photos with one of the world's most advanced security infrastructures. We also encrypt your information as it moves between your device, Google services, and our data centers.
Treating data responsibly

Google Photos doesn't sell your photos, videos, or personal information to anyone and we don't use your photos and videos for advertising. Features like face grouping making it easy to search and manage your photos. However, face groups and labels are only visible to you and we do not make general purpose facial recognition technology commercially available.
Putting you in control

We build easy-to-use tools that help put you in control of your Google Photos experience. You can selectively back up the photos you want stored in the cloud, securely share your photos, turn off face groups and labels to delete them from your account, and make edits to location information.

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Your digital life,
secured by Pixel.

Pixel

Titan M2 chip

With Google Tensor and the Common Criteria certified Titan M2 security chip, Pixel is built with multiple layers of security to help keep your personal info safe. ³ Derived from the same chip we use to protect Google Cloud data centers, Titan M2 is tested against the international gold standard used for identity, SIM card, and bank card security chips. Learn more

³ Common Criteria certification for hardware and cryptographic library. See g.co/pixel/certifications for details.
On-device intelligence

Google uses machine learning (ML) to make our products more helpful. On-device intelligence uses ML models on Pixel to power features like Face Unlock, Now Playing, Live Caption, and Smart Reply in Messages. These features keep more of your data on your phone and private to you.

To help protect your privacy, Google also uses ML to keep your data on your device, with technologies like federated learning and Android Private Compute Core . Learn more
Guaranteed and automatic updates

To protect you and your sensitive data, Pixel comes with at least 5 years of security updates. ¹ So your Pixel gets even more secure over time. And since Google apps can be updated through Google Play, your Pixel gets new features and security fixes as soon as they’re ready.

¹ Android security updates for at least 5 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US. See g.co/pixel/updates for details.
Mic and camera toggles

To provide additional transparency, Pixel’s status bar indicates when apps are accessing your camera and mic. At any time, use the privacy toggles to turn your camera and mic off. This disables access for all your Pixel apps with a single tap. ²

² If this setting is off, microphone data may still be shared when you call an emergency number.

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Google Assistant is
designed for privacy.

A Google Home, laptop, and phone featuring Hey Google

Google Assistant

Starts in standby

Google Assistant is designed to wait in standby mode until it detects an activation, like when it hears “Hey Google.” When in standby mode, your Assistant won’t send what you are saying to Google or anyone else.

Once Google Assistant detects an activation, it exits standby mode and sends your request to Google servers. This can also happen if there is a noise that sounds like “Hey Google” or an unintended manual activation.
Designed for your privacy

By default, your audio recordings are not saved on Google servers - you can change this setting anytime by viewing the “Include voice and audio activity” checkbox under the Web & App Activity setting.
Easy-to-use privacy controls

To control which interactions are stored, just say something like “Hey Google, delete what I said this week,” and Google Assistant will delete those interactions in “ My Activity .”
Guest Mode

With Google Assistant’s Guest Mode, you now have even more control over your Assistant activity on your home devices. By saying “Hey Google, turn on Guest Mode,” you can turn on Guest Mode whenever you don’t want Assistant interactions to be saved to your Google Account or used to personalize your experience.

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The platform
designed to protect.

Android

Google Play Protect

Google Play Protect automatically scans your apps to make sure they’re safe. If you come across a bad app, we’ll quickly alert you and instruct you on how to remove the app from your device.
App permissions

Apps you download use data on your device to make their functionality more useful. App permissions give you control over if and when an app can access different types of data on your device, such as contacts, photos, and location.
Phishing protections

Phishing occurs when someone tries to trick you into giving them your private information. Android alerts you to spammers, and Call Screen let you ask who's calling before you ever pick up the phone.

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A more secure way
to pay every day.

Google Pay

Authenticate before every purchase

Google Pay only works when your device is unlocked with your fingerprint, pattern, or PIN ^* ? so only you can pay with your phone.

^*Unlock requirements vary by country.
Your card details aren’t shared

Tapping to pay is more secure than swiping your card because merchants won’t receive your real card number. Google Pay uses a Virtual Account Number that protects your payment info.
Lock your phone from anywhere

If your phone is ever lost or stolen, you can use Google Find My Device to remotely lock it, log out of your Google Account, or erase your data completely ? so no one can make payments but you.

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The safer way to Meet.

Meet

Safety features on by default

To keep meetings safe, Google Meet has default-on anti-abuse features and secure meeting controls, and supports multiple two-step verification options including security keys.
Encryption in transit on by default

All video meetings are encrypted in transit. Meet adheres to IETF security standards for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS).
Simply secure deployment

We don’t require plugins to use Meet on the web. It works entirely in Chrome and other browsers, so it’s less vulnerable to security threats. On mobile, you can install the Google Meet app.

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A helpful home
is a private home.

Nest

Privacy controls

Our displays and speakers have physical microphone mute switches, and you can manage your data ? including accessing, reviewing, and deleting audio and video stored with your Google Account ? at any time.
Sensor transparency

We let you know what sensors are in our products and how they work. We list all audio, video, environmental and activity sensors ? whether enabled or not ? in our device technical specifications. Our Sensors Guide explains what types of data these sensors send to Google and has examples of how that data is used.
Responsible data use

Google Nest devices are designed to create a more helpful home. The video, audio, and environmental sensor data from our devices is used to enable helpful features and services. We explain here how we’ll keep this data separate from ad personalization .