About Google Privacy
Our Mission
Google Privacy leads the charge in creating tools that protect user data while enabling innovation. We believe privacy is a fundamental right that should never be compromised for convenience.
Key Focus Areas
- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
- Differential Privacy
- Privacy-First AI Models
- Secure Data Sharing Frameworks
Our Privacy Technologies
Privacy Sandbox
A secure environment for running third-party code without access to sensitive user data.
Federated Learning
Train machine learning models across multiple devices without exposing raw data
Differential Privacy
Analyze datasets while provably protecting individual privacy through mathematical guarantees
On-Device AI
Process sensitive data on user devices without sending information to the cloud
Privacy-First APIs
APIs developed with privacy-by-design principles and strict data access controls
Privacy Browser Tools
Chrome tools that show how much data trackers are collecting about your online behaviors
Privacy Innovations Timeline
2019
Launched Differential Privacy for location data in location history
2020
Introduced Privacy Dashboard for users to manage how Google uses their data
2021
Published Privacy Whitepaper detailing our privacy-by-design methodology
2022
Released Privacy-First Advertising APIs for safer ad measurement
2024
Expanded Privacy Sandbox to protect user data in web advertising