With Google Home or Nest in your house, you've got an always-on voice
assistant that regularly records audio and almost always sends it to
Google. Are you OK with that?
Relying on Google Home to organize your digital life requires something of a trade-off with regards to your personal data, but that doesn't mean you have to give up your sense of privacy just to get your smart speaker to work for you. It's totally possible, through a combination of security settings and responsible privacy practices, to minimize the amount and kind of data you share with Google yet still take advantage of Google Home's hands-free conveniences. The key is knowing how much information your Google Home can live without without becoming useless.
Starting in June, new Google accounts will automatically delete private data for you. But only after 18 months by default. And only if you're a brand new Google user. That's great if you're setting up your first Google Home device or Gmail address or you just got your first Android phone, but if you're among the 1.5 billion people on Gmail or the 2.5 billion people using Android already, your account is set to hold onto your private data forever unless you tell Google otherwise.
If you love using your Google Home but want to control how many voice recordings or how much location information and other personal data Google keeps, these are the settings that you'll need to adjust to fine-tune your privacy controls.
- Check which options you've enabled
- Look up everything Google Assistant has on you
- Delete some or all of your private data
- Choose how often your private data will be deleted
- The most extreme privacu option: Pause all activity
Get all the details in Dale Smith's article at www.cnet.com/how-to/is-your-google-home-or-nest-secure-how-to-find-and-delete-your-private-data/.
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