The changes reflect a broader industry shift. Rather than relying solely on data scraped from the web, companies are increasingly mining people's everyday interactions with digital services.
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07/07/2026 - 13:29 GMT+2
Google is expanding the data, including images, files and audio recordings, it collects through its search services, which can also be used to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
The tech giant says it is gradually updating settings for Google Search services, which include Search, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Hotels, Translate and News, over the next few months.
Google Photos is explicitly excluded from this policy.
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