It can’t be stated often enough: Be careful what you share’ with an AI chatbot. Google wants you to be really clear on this, according to ZDNet:

This warning comes by way of the Gemini Apps Privacy Hub and states — very clearly — that when you interact with Gemini applications, Google collects the following information:

• Conversations
• Location
• Feedback
• Usage information

Google goes on to state that the collected information helps them provide, improve, and develop products, services, and machine learning technologies.

Google already has a reputation for hoovering up all of the data in its path. Forewarned is forearmed.

Read the report here.