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Completely Disable Gemini From Spying On Your Google Acccount (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://gemini.google.com/extensions

https://myactivity.google.com/product/gemini

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mind you, it assumes those settings do anything at all other than make you feel good

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

luckily there are laws that these companies have to abide by

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

-scoffs in American-

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh, gee, they'll get fined a single percent of their monthly revenue, if they get caught.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Up to 4 percent of their global annual revenue if the EU finds out.

Violators of GDPR may be fined up to €20 million, or up to 4% of the annual worldwide turnover of the preceding financial year, whichever is greater.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

getting caught seems quite likely, but yeah the fines are laughable