EQUIPEngadget · 1h ago
Gemini could be poking through your emails - here's how to stop it

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Google's Gemini AI maintains capabilities to access, summarize, and draft responses within corporate and personal email accounts. Executives must evaluate internal data privacy protocols and implement manual opt-out procedures to restrict AI scanning of sensitive communications.
- 01Gemini integrated features allow the AI to actively parse and analyze user email content
- 02Google provides specific account settings to disable automated email processing and data collection
- 03Corporate users should review how AI summaries impact confidential data handling and information security
- 04Users can opt out of these features while maintaining other Workspace productivity functions
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Gemini can read your emails, summarize them and draft replies. If you'd rather it didn't, here's what Google actually does with your data and how to opt out.