The Gemini app on a personal Google account

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Record ID

AVD-2026-0008

Kind

Consumer tier

Jurisdiction

United States

Last verified

15 September 2026

Added

15 September 2026

• Google states that a subset of chats is reviewed by human reviewers, including trained reviewers from its service providers.
• Reviewed chats are retained for up to three years and are not deleted when you delete your activity.
• Gemini Apps Activity auto deletes after 18 months by default and can be set to 3 or 36 months or switched off.
• With the keep activity setting off, future chats are still saved for 72 hours so Gemini can respond and process feedback.

Used for training by default, Retention period, Deletion on request, Storage region and residency, Subprocessor list published, Human review of content, Opt out available, DPA available, Persistent memory across sessions, Last change to the terms. Stated means the document you can open below says it; silent means the ledger read the document and it does not.

Used for training by defaultStated

Yes. The privacy hub says these uses extend to the generative AI models and other machine learning technologies powering Google services.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Retention periodStated

Activity auto deletes after 18 months by default, 72 hours with the setting off, and human reviewed chats are kept up to three years.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Deletion on requestStated

You can delete activity at any time, but reviewed chats and related data are not deleted when you delete your activity.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Storage region and residencySilent

No storage region or residency commitment is printed on the Gemini Apps privacy hub.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Subprocessor list publishedSilent

No list. Reviewers are described as trained reviewers from Google's service providers, without naming them.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Human review of contentStated

Yes and stated openly. A subset of chats is reviewed by human reviewers, including trained reviewers from Google's service providers, who rate and annotate them.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Opt out availableStated

The keep activity setting controls saving, but turning it off still leaves a 72 hour operational window and does not reach chats already reviewed.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

DPA availableSilent

None on the consumer tier. The privacy hub describes settings and reviewers, not a processor agreement.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Persistent memory across sessionsSilent

Persistent memory is not addressed as a named feature on this page.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

Last change to the termsStated

The Gemini Apps privacy hub prints Last updated 10 August 2026.Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, 10 August 2026.

1. 18 months

   Default auto deletion of Gemini Apps Activity

   Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, as of 10 August 2026.

2. 3 years

   Retention of human reviewed chats

   Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, as of 10 August 2026.

3. 72 hours

   Retention when the keep activity setting is off

   Google, Gemini Apps privacy hub, primary source, as of 10 August 2026.

Three numbers and three conditions, and they get conflated constantly. Eighteen months is the default activity clock, 72 hours is what survives turning the setting off, and three years is how long a chat lives once a human reviewer has seen it. Only the last one is beyond the user's reach, because reviewed chats are not deleted when activity is deleted. If your policy says staff may delete anything they typed by mistake, that is not true here.

1. Google, Gemini Apps privacy hubPrimary · 10 August 2026

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