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| Document | First captured | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Terms of Service | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Privacy Policy | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Pricing page | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
| Google One FAQ: plan sharing (watched for perks) | October 30, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
October 30, 2026Perk!
Google One plans from Basic and up can include you plus 5 more people, for 6 in all, at no added cost. A few benefits stay with the plan manager.
If people in your home each pay for Google storage, one shared plan could cover all of you. Some perks only go to the person who manages the plan, so it helps to know which.
Subscription AccessOctober 17, 2026high impact Historical, imported
Google's privacy policy now says Search and Gemini can use your Gmail, Photos and Drive to shape their results, if you allow it. It also describes a new feature called Personal Intelligence.
If you use Gmail or Google Photos, this decides whether what's in them can shape Gemini's answers. Whether it's on for you depends on a choice you may have already made.
Subscription AccessOctober 7, 2026medium impact Historical, imported
Google's policy explains more about how search and app activity is saved to your account and shapes results and AI answers. If personalization is on, places you searched from before can help estimate your location.
Google may save more of what you search and do in apps, and use it to tailor what it shows you. If you are in the EU or UK, the rights details you relied on may now be somewhere else.
Subscription AccessOctober 1, 2026low impact Historical, imported
In India, the terms used to name Google Ireland Limited as India's provider, with Google Digital Inc. covering the rest of Asia Pacific. Now Google Digital Inc. covers all of Asia Pacific.
If you buy Google One in India, the company named in your contract appears to have changed. The service works the same, but who you deal with on paper is different.
Subscription AccessSeptember 23, 2026medium impact Historical, imported
Google's policy swaps its old history controls for new Activity Controls. A new section for Europe says which Google company is in charge of your data in each place, and why it uses it, including to train AI.
People in the UK, the EEA or Switzerland can now see who is responsible for their data. For everyone else, the main change is new wording for how your activity is saved.
Subscription AccessMay 26, 2026medium impact Historical, imported
Google's list of data now covers pictures, files, sound and video you share, not just voice and audio. It also splits one activity setting into two.
What you upload or capture with your camera or mic could be saved to your Google account. Whether it is saved depends on which history settings you have turned on.
Subscription AccessApril 2, 2026high impact Historical, imported
Google's policy now describes its ad and analytics services as a group that may tie together what you do on sites and apps. It says more plainly that Incognito mode won't stop sites from sharing with Google.
Your activity on other websites that use Google's tools may be tied to what you do elsewhere. There is a setting that limits what gets saved, and the full note says where.
Subscription AccessNovember 12, 2025high impact Historical, imported
If a Google One price rise needs your yes and you say no, your plan will now be canceled. The old wording said it may be canceled, and refund questions now go to the seller.
Saying no to a new price now ends your plan rather than possibly keeping it. Refunds depend on who sold you the plan, and there is a deadline to cancel before the new charge.
Subscription AccessSeptember 23, 2025medium impact Historical, imported
Google renamed Location History to Timeline and changed for more useful ads to just for ads when describing home and work addresses. It also says your data can help measure ad campaigns.
The new wording is more direct that your location data can feed ads and ad tracking. Your settings may work the same, but it helps to know how Timeline and your saved addresses get used.
Subscription AccessMay 20, 2025high impact Historical, imported
Google added a section on AI credits, which you pay for ahead of time to use some AI features. They expire on a schedule, can't be sold or moved, are worth no cash and are lost if your plan ends.
Once you cancel or the plan ends, credits you paid for may be gone. Google can also change the number of credits each action uses, and family members can see how many you've used.
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