A recent announcement from Google on Gemini AI’s data handling policy has sparked conversations concerning user privacy. The tech giant will release the latest Google Gemini AI upgrade starting September 2, 2025.
According to this new update, Google will have complete authority to use “a sample” of users’ data to train its large language model (LLM). The data could be of any format, including documents, audio, videos, or images.
AI models like Gemini are fed a large amount of data to handle queries, but the training data appears to be insufficient. This has pushed the company to update the users’ data usage policy, according to which the company will have access to and can utilize user data to improve the chatbot’s performance. However, account holders can opt out of it by turning off the data sharing setting.
While the change in Google Gemini data policy intends to make Gemini AI more accurate in handling user queries, it raises a serious question about transparency and users’ rights to protect their data. Fortunately, users unwilling to subscribe to this policy can withdraw by making minor changes to their settings.
Users are required to sign in to Gemini AI and navigate to the “settings and help” section. The next step is to click the “Activity” button, which will take the user to another settings page. Users can turn the activity button off to stop sharing their data with Google. They can also delete past activities from the chatbot for enhanced privacy.
Another important thing that users should be aware of is that, despite the changes made to Gemini privacy settings, the activities might remain on the server for 72 hours after deletion. Currently, the settings are labelled as “Gemini Apps Activity,” but will be changed to “Keep activity” along with the privacy policy update.
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While this update in the policy emphasizes the need for actual user data to enhance the capabilities of large language models, it also highlights the issues around exposing sensitive data. Google has addressed the concerns by offering an option to disable the activity. Users concerned about their data privacy can review the settings and make changes to opt out of this policy.