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Assistant protects your privacy, and puts you in control of your data.
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Photos keeps your memories safe with built-in security and privacy tools.
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Chrome guards against threats with safety checks and real-time detection.
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Google One protects your expanded storage with industry-leading cloud security.
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Google Pay protects your payments and keeps your personal information safe.
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Google Search encrypts your searches, protects your data, and blocks threats.
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Google Health protects your health and wellness data and provides easy-to-use privacy settings.
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Maps gives you privacy with Incognito mode and location history settings.
YouTube
YouTube protects your data with privacy tools and personalized viewing controls.
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Gemini blocks harmful content and provides easy access to your privacy settings.
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Meet makes video calls safer with encryption and smart meeting management tools.
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Safer by Design
Learn how we're Safer by Design
Privacy
Privacy Practices
Discover how we build products that protect your privacy.
Ads & Data
Learn about our advertising principles and your ad experience.
Security
Built-in Security
Learn how built-in security keeps your personal information safe.
Scams & Fraud
Explore how we protect you from online scams and fraud.
Security Tips
Discover tools and tips to help keep you safe online.
Authentication
Learn about safer ways to sign in to your online accounts.
Cybersecurity
See how we lead cybersecurity in our approach and societal impact.
AI
AI & Safety
Learn about how we are advancing AI safety with testing and standards.
Secure AI Framework
Learn about the core elements of our secure AI framework (SAIF).
Content
Content Safety
Learn about our protections against harmful and illegal content.
Product Protections
Learn more about Product Protections
Android
Android's ML-powered security guards against threats and protects privacy.
Gmail
Gmail blocks threats and keeps your messages encrypted.
Nest
Nest keeps your data private with built-in security and automatic updates.
Assistant
Assistant protects your privacy, and puts you in control of your data.
Google Fi Wireless
Google Fi Wireless protects your connection for calls, streaming, and browsing.
Photos
Photos keeps your memories safe with built-in security and privacy tools.
Chrome
Chrome guards against threats with safety checks and real-time detection.
Google One
Google One protects your expanded storage with industry-leading cloud security.
Pixel
Pixel keeps you safer both online and in the physical world.
Family Link
Family Link helps parents set digital boundaries for their families.
Google Pay
Google Pay protects your payments and keeps your personal information safe.
Search
Google Search encrypts your searches, protects your data, and blocks threats.
Google Health
Google Health protects your health and wellness data and provides easy-to-use privacy settings.
Maps
Maps gives you privacy with Incognito mode and location history settings.
YouTube
YouTube protects your data with privacy tools and personalized viewing controls.
Gemini
Gemini blocks harmful content and provides easy access to your privacy settings.
Meet
Meet makes video calls safer with encryption and smart meeting management tools.
Safety Settings
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Ad Settings
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Security Settings
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Safer by Design
Built-in Security
If it’s not secure,
it’s not private
All Google products are continuously protected by one of the world’s most advanced security infrastructures. This built-in security automatically detects and prevents online threats, so you can be confident your private information is safe.
Built-in security
Product protections
We keep more people safe online than anyone else in the world
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Encryption
Encryption keeps data private and secure while in transit
Encryption brings a higher level of security and privacy to our services. When you send an email, share a video, visit a website, or store your photos, the data you create moves between your device, Google services, and our data centers. We protect this data with multiple layers of security, including leading encryption technology like HTTPS and Transport Layer Security.
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Security alerts
Proactive security alerts help protect your private information
We’ll proactively notify you if we detect something we think you should know about, like a suspicious login or a malicious website, file, or app, and we’ll provide guidance to help you strengthen your security. For example, on Gmail, we’ll warn you before you download an attachment that could put your security at risk, or if someone logs in to your account from a device not associated with you. When we detect something suspicious in your account, we’ll send a notification to your inbox or phone so you can protect your account with one click.
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Blocking bad ads
Blocking malicious and misleading ads before they reach you
Your online experience can be affected and your security compromised by ads that carry malware, cover the content you are trying to see, promote fake products, or otherwise violate our advertising policies. We take this problem very seriously. Every year we block billions of bad ads — on average, 100 per second — through a combination of live reviewers and sophisticated software. We also give you tools to report offensive ads and control what types of ads you see. And we actively publish our insights and best practices to help make the internet safer for all.
Cloud Security
Our cloud infrastructure protects data 24/7
From custom-designed data centers to private undersea cables that transfer data between continents, we operate one of the world’s most secure and reliable cloud infrastructures. It’s continuously monitored to protect your data and keep it available. And in the event of a disruption, platform services can be automatically and instantly shifted from one facility to another so that they can continue without interruption.
AUTHENTICATION TOOLS
Safer sign in for all of your online accounts
Online accounts provide access to valuable, personalized services, but signing in to them presents today’s most prominent security risk. Every day, millions of passwords are exposed in data breaches, which can leave your private information vulnerable.
Our built-in authentication tools are designed to help you quickly and securely sign in to the apps and services you love.
Learn how we help you sign in safely
We secure the products you use everyday
Automatic Chrome updates protect you from malware and deceptive sites
Security technologies are always changing, so Chrome regularly checks to make sure that the version of the browser you’re using is up to date. This includes the latest security fixes and protections from malware and deceptive sites. And it can update automatically, so staying protected by the latest Chrome security technology is easy.
Learn more about Chrome updates
Keeping your Android device, apps, and data safe with Google Play Protect
Google Play Protect is built into your Android device and continuously works behind the scenes to keep your device, data, and apps safe. Every day, we automatically scan the apps on Android phones and work to prevent harmful apps from ever reaching them, making Google Play Protect the most widely deployed mobile threat protection service in the world.
Learn more about Google Play Protect
Gmail protects you from suspicious emails and alerts you to risks
Many malware and phishing attacks start with an email. Gmail protects you from spam, phishing, and malware better than any other email service. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, Gmail analyzes patterns in billions of messages to identify characteristics of emails that users marked as spam, and uses those markers to block 99.9% of suspicious or dangerous emails before they ever reach you.
Learn more about phishing protections
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