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Data Report Card · Google

Google Data Report Card

C
8/12 Policy grade · Google Account
§ Enforcement action

§ This grade reflects a 2-point deduction (severity 1) for a verified regulatory action: 10/12 before the deduction − 2 = 8/12 → C. The enforcement record is below.

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Agents from Google

Graded on their own pages. They act in your name, so each gets Agent Safeguards as well as a Policy grade.

AgentAgent Safeguardsout of 10Policy gradegoverning policyNote
Tasks in Gemini
BetaAlways-on cloud agent
2/10C6/12 §Trains AI is 0 for this agent
Gemini in Chrome
US, IndiaAuto browse in your own Chrome
Not yet graded—Screenshots reviewed if Keep Activity is on
Gemini Intelligence
AndroidMulti-step tasks across apps
Not yet graded—Also ships on Galaxy S26, graded here

The company grade stays about the account. A weak agent doesn’t quietly pull it down, and a strong company grade doesn’t vouch for an agent. All agents →

Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes  ·  stated — every cell is read from Google's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
My Activity, Google Dashboard, and Takeout together give a comprehensive self-serve view, no fee.
Google Account — Data & Privacy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
2Portabilitystated
Takeout exports machine-readable .mbox/.json/.csv/.vcf/.ics across nearly all products, including Gmail.
Google Takeout · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
Connects to apps: Partly. Real OAuth APIs exist (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) and you can grant an app access, but third-party use is gated behind app verification and an annual CASA security review, and the consumer Data Portability API explicitly excludes Gmail — so autonomous, schedulable access for a personal agent is only partial. Takeout itself is a manual export. Google — Data Portability API · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
2Frictionstated
Self-serve and fast, no account closure required, no retention traps.
Google Takeout flow · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
2Deletionstated
Self-serve deletion plus auto-delete options (3, 18, or 36 months) with clear scope.
Google Account — Data & Privacy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Sells / sharesstated
"We never sell your personal information to anyone." But the core business is cross-context behavioral advertising; ad personalization opt-out lives in My Ad Center.
Google Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Trains AIstated
Gemini Apps Activity is on by default and a subset of chats are read by human reviewers and used to train Google's models, retained up to 3 years. In the US, Gmail's smart features stay on by default (opt-out), unlike the EEA, UK and Japan where they are off, and Personal Intelligence — which lets Gemini read Gmail, Photos and YouTube — became free for US users in March 2026 as an opt-in. Opt-outs live in Data & Privacy.
Gemini Apps Privacy Hub · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
§Enforcement action — deducts 2 points (severity 1); Policy grade without the penalty: B (10/12)verified
A coalition of 40 state attorneys general reached a $391.5 million settlement with Google in November 2022 over deceptive location-tracking practices — the largest US multistate privacy settlement at the time.
40-State AG Settlement · 14 Nov 2022 ↗
Source-verified Jun 2026 from Google's own pages. All cells are "stated" (read from published policy and support docs); we have not yet run a live Takeout or deletion to mark any cell "tested."

Events

Breaches, policy changes, and export-format changes we’ve recorded at Google — other parties’ actions, alongside the enforcement record above. An event never changes a grade by itself. All events →

No events on record for Google.

Grade history

Every change to this company’s grade since it was first published, and why. All grade changes →

No changes since this grade was first published in Jun 2026.

How to request your data from Google

  1. Go to https://takeout.google.com — Google's data-request entry point.
  2. takeout.google.com → select products → email download link.
  3. Expected wait: minutes to several days — Google's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).

These steps reflect Google's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.