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November, 2007
The Google Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use Google's products and services, including information provided when you use Google Desktop for the Mac. In addition, the following describes our privacy practices that are specific to Google Desktop for the Mac.
Information we collect
- The Google Desktop application indexes and stores versions of your files and other computer activity, such as email, chats, and web history. These versions may also be mixed with your Web search results to produce results pages for you that integrate relevant content from your computer and information from the Web. Your computer’s content is not made accessible through Google Desktop to Google without your explicit permission.
- Your copy of Google Desktop includes a unique application number. When you install Google Desktop, this number and a message indicating whether the installation succeeded are sent back to Google. Also, when Google Desktop automatically checks to see if a new version is available, the current version number and the unique application number are sent to Google. The unique application number is required for Google Desktop to work and cannot be disabled.
- If you choose to enable Usage Statistics on Google Desktop, it allows Google Desktop to send crash reports and to collect a limited amount of non-personal information from your computer and send it to Google. This includes summary information, such as the number of searches you do and the time it takes for you to see your results, and application reports we'll use to make the program better.
- If you choose to enable personalized features for a Google-created gadget, Google Desktop may send non-personal usage data to Google in order to provide personalized content, such as personalized news.
Uses
- We use this information to deliver the best possible service to you, such as improving the Google Desktop user experience and providing automatic updates of new versions of Google Desktop.
Your choices
- You can choose to enable Usage Statistics during installation and you can change your mind at any time in Desktop Preferences. Personally identifying information, such as your name or address, will not be sent to Google without your explicit permission.
- If there are any files or other data that you do not want indexed by Google Desktop, there are several ways that you can keep this data from being displayed, copied and indexed, as well as ways to remove it from the index after it has been included. You can see specific instructions on removing items in the user guide.
- You can uninstall the Google Desktop software through the Google Updater at any time. When you uninstall the software, you can choose to delete the Google Desktop index and its copies of all items. If you choose to delete this information the original files and applications remain unaffected.
More information
Google adheres to the US Safe Harbor privacy principles. For more information about the Safe Harbor framework or our registration, see the Department of Commerce's web site.
Further information about Google Desktop for Mac is available here.
For more information about our privacy practices, go to the full privacy policy. If you have additional questions, please contact us any time. Or write to us at:
Privacy Matters
c/o Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043 (USA)
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