{
  "slug": "google-gemini",
  "category": "ai-assistants",
  "name": "Google Gemini",
  "description": "AI assistant from Google for questions, writing, coding and image generation, connected to Google services such as Gmail and Drive. Available on the web and in Android and iOS apps.",
  "website": "https://gemini.google.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "web",
    "android",
    "ios"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 35,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Google Gemini scores 35 out of 100 (grade F) on the AI assistants criteria. It meets 3 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, transparency report and tells users about requests. It partly meets TLS configuration, no training on your data and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, runs locally and limited chat retention. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/ai-assistants/google-gemini/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/ai-assistants/google-gemini/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://policies.google.com/privacy",
      "note": "Google collects activity, device and usage data across its services, including Gemini, and this cannot be fully turned off."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961",
      "note": "No ads are shown in Gemini, and Google states chats are not used to show ads, though it says it will announce any change."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit of the consumer Gemini app is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://transparencyreport.google.com/user-data/overview",
      "note": "Google publishes counts of government requests for user data and how it responds, updated twice a year."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://policies.google.com/terms/information-requests",
      "note": "Google emails the user before disclosing data in response to a government request, unless prohibited by law."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=gemini.google.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade B"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "no_training": {
      "title": "No training on your data",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961",
      "note": "With Keep Activity on, which is the default, chats are used to train models. Turning it off stops this."
    },
    "runs_locally": {
      "title": "Runs locally",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Hosted only."
    },
    "chat_retention": {
      "title": "Limited chat retention",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961",
      "note": "Activity is kept for 18 months by default, and chats reviewed by human reviewers are kept for up to three years even after deletion."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "No account needed",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961",
      "note": "Gemini can be used without signing in to a Google account, with fewer features."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "B",
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": null,
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T11:00:23.950Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T11:14:42Z"
}