Gemini Paid Users' Chat Data Used for Training Without Opt-Out

1 reports archived1 independent sourcesupdated 11/4/2026, 18:10:27

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Google Gemini personal subscription users' chat history is used for model training by default with no specific opt-out. To prevent this, users must disable 'Keep Activity,' which deletes chats after 72 hours. Additionally, some conversations are reviewed by humans and retained for up to three years, with Google explicitly warning against entering confidential information.

LATEST/Google Gemini personal subscription users' chat history is used for model training by default with no specific opt-out. To prevent this, users must disable 'Keep Activity,' which deletes chats after 72 hours. Additionally, some conversations are reviewed by humans and retained for up to three years, with Google explicitly warning against entering confidential information.

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Hacker News AIT2Nov 4, 18:10·78 pts
Gemini Paid Users' Chat Data Used for Training Without Opt-Out
- Paying for Gemini Personal does not exempt data from training; the only opt-out is disabling 'Keep Activity'.
- Disabling 'Keep Activity' results in chat logs being deleted after 72 hours, trading usability for privacy.
- Human-reviewed conversations are retained for up to three years even if activity records are deleted, posing long-term leak risks.
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