Google Docs is a Google product, reviewed for documents and collaboration, Google account data, sharing, tracking, retention, and controls.
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Good
80
Good
Google Docs combines broad tracking with unusually strong privacy controls.
Google Docs gives users more direct privacy control than its other categories, especially around data export, account deletion, and clear admin controls.
Google Docs is weakest on ads and tracking because cookie-based tracking remains part of the product or marketing site.
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Good
Google documents stronger Workspace or cloud commitments for customer content and organization data.
Google Docs data can still be processed to provide, secure, improve, and personalize Google services depending on settings and account type.
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70
Mixed
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Good
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Excellent
Latest Finding
Open: support.google.com1. Google Documents
Google documents stronger Workspace or cloud commitments for customer content and organization data.
2. Controls
Google Docs data can still be processed to provide, secure, improve, and personalize Google services depending on settings and account type.
Founded
Unknown
Founder
Unknown
Parent Company
Google Docs
Lifecycle
Active
Category
Productivity & Collaboration
CEO
Unknown
Security Team
In house
Date Added
04-22-2026
Once you delete a chat, you cannot recover it. Deleting a chat removes it both from your visible chat history and the system after the retention window.
80
Good
Google documents privacy controls and says it does not sell personal information.
Data can flow through Google services, administrators, connected apps, legal requests, service providers, and user sharing.
70
Mixed
Google processes device, usage, cookie, account, activity, and product-specific telemetry.
Users or admins can manage key privacy, history, sharing, and account settings.
75
Good
Google provides export, deletion, and account-management tools.
Retention depends on account type, legal duties, backups, admin policy, and product configuration.
90
Excellent
Users or admins can manage sharing, activity, export, deletion, and product settings.
Controls are spread across product settings, Google Account, and Workspace or organization administration.
