- Google is now saving users’ media uploads.
- This feature is for AI improvement, but at risk to privacy.
- Many services, including Google Lens, record data.
- Users can turn off this feature from ‘Manage Settings’.
Google Privacy: In today’s time, privacy of people has become the biggest concern. Whatever people search on Google today, Google is storing all that information. Google has given the feature of Google Lens to the users, with the help of which if any user uploads any photo or audio, then Google makes all the information related to it available to you.
But now Google has included a feature in its search system under which in some cases, whatever photos, audio or other files the users upload, all the things are saved there. The company believes that this service helps in improving the company’s AI technology. But this feature can become a privacy threat for many users.
What does Google do with these files?
According to the company, whatever files Google saves are used to improve the user experience. Apart from this, this data can also be used to train AI, with the help of which AI can become smarter and better than before. According to reports, this information can be saved only for a maximum of four years. However, Google says that the user can turn off this feature at any time.
Can data from these Google services be saved?
According to the information, under Google’s new Search Services History feature, media files used in many services can be recorded. These also include Google Search, Google Lens, Search Live, Google Shopping, Google Maps, Google Translate, Google News and Google Flights. If you also search any photo, audio or other files through these platforms, your data can be saved in the search history.
How to turn off this feature of Google
If a notification related to this feature appears from Google on your Android phone, then you can easily turn it off.
- First of all, tap on the Manage Settings option visible in the notification.
- After this scroll till the bottom.
- Now you can turn off the feature of saving media by choosing Disable option there.
Why is privacy important
For information, let us tell you that in today’s time AI based services are growing very fast. Along with this, users’ data has also become more important than before. In such a situation, you should keep checking the privacy settings and activity history of Google Account from time to time. From here you can easily check which information is being saved in your account and which information is not.
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