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3 settings to stop Google personalised ads from Gmail data

For years, Google's promise fit in one flat sentence: no personalised ads based on your Drive, Gmail or Photos content.

3 settings to stop Google personalised ads from Gmail data
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For years, Google's promise fit in one flat sentence: no personalised ads based on your Drive, Gmail or Photos content.

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Since October 16, that sentence has had a catch.This is one policy statement which has made an exception.Google says that it will not display ads using information derived from Drive, Gmail and Photos, but the new wording includes "unless you choose to make data from these services available to other Google services that support personalised advertising."Only the individuals that have synchronised Drive, Gmail and Photos with AI Mode and Search….

However, it will depend on the analysis made based on them.In previous comments to Search Engine Land, Google admitted that it did not use personal intelligence for targeting ads anywhere else.

However, it did not completely deny the possibility of doing so in the future.You have three options, all in your Google account:For broader control over personalised advertising, My Ad Center has its own switch.

3 settings to stop Google personalised ads from Gmail data October 24, 2026.

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