Data

Gemini app and the GDPR: AI training, data location and DPA

Google AI Pro: Trains on your data unless you switch it off. No EU hosting · no DPA.

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Verdict

Is Gemini app GDPR compliant?

Free

Free

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

No EU hosting · no DPA

Price: Free

Google AI Pro

Personal

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

No EU hosting · no DPA

Price: €21.99 / mo

No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: that depends on how your business uses it. This page shows the vendor's side, from its own pages. It is not legal advice.

Plans

Which Gemini app plan stops the AI training?

Every one of the 2 plans we checked trains on your data or doesn't say.

Training

Does Gemini app train on your data?

Trains on your data by default? · Free

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes. For users 18 and over, Keep Activity is on by default, and Google uses that activity to improve its services, including training generative AI models, with human reviewers reading some chats

Source: support.google.comSection 'Turn off Keep Activity' ('If you're 18 or over, Keep Activity is on by default')Second source: support.google.comChecked on

Trains on your data by default? · Google AI Pro

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes. For users 18 and over, Keep Activity is on by default, and Google uses that activity to improve its services, including training generative AI models, with human reviewers reading some chats

Source: support.google.comSection 'Turn off Keep Activity' ('If you're 18 or over, Keep Activity is on by default')Second source: support.google.comChecked on

Switch-off

How do you turn off AI training in Gemini app?

How to switch training off · Free

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You can switch the training off.

The user turns off Keep Activity: gemini.google.com > Activity > Turn off (or Turn off and delete activity). Chats are then still kept for up to 72 hours and are not used for training unless the user sends feedback; temporary chats are never used for training

Source: support.google.comSection 'Turn off Keep Activity'Second source: support.google.comChecked on

How to switch training off · Google AI Pro

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You can switch the training off.

The user turns off Keep Activity: gemini.google.com > Activity > Turn off (or Turn off and delete activity). Chats are then still kept for up to 72 hours and are not used for training unless the user sends feedback; temporary chats are never used for training

Source: support.google.comSection 'Turn off Keep Activity'Second source: support.google.comChecked on

Location

Where does Gemini app store your data?

Where data is stored by default · Free

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Not fixed: Google maintains servers around the world and may process data outside the user's country

Source: policies.google.comSection on data transfers ('We maintain servers around the world')Checked on

EU hosting on this plan · Free

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No EU hosting.

No. Data regions are a Workspace admin feature; personal accounts have no region setting

Source: knowledge.workspace.google.comData regions article (Workspace admin)Checked on

Where data is stored by default · Google AI Pro

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Not fixed: Google maintains servers around the world and may process data outside the user's country

Source: policies.google.comSection on data transfers ('We maintain servers around the world')Checked on

EU hosting on this plan · Google AI Pro

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No EU hosting.

No. Data regions are a Workspace admin feature; personal accounts have no region setting

Source: knowledge.workspace.google.comData regions article (Workspace admin)Checked on

Contract

Does Gemini app sign a data processing agreement?

Data processing agreement (DPA) · Google AI Pro

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No DPA.

No. On a personal account Google Ireland is the controller under Google's consumer terms; Google's processing terms (the Cloud Data Processing Addendum) apply to Workspace accounts

Source: policies.google.comSection 'Data controller'Second source: knowledge.workspace.google.comChecked on

Processors

Who else handles Gemini app data?

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them) · Free

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Published.

No list for personal accounts. Google's sub-processor list covers Workspace; the privacy policy says only that affiliates and trusted service providers process data for Google

Source: policies.google.comSection 'For external processing'Second source: workspace.google.comChecked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework · Free

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On the list.

Active (Google LLC; EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, UK Extension)

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Google LLC' (checked 16 Oct 2026 for Workspace)Checked on

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them) · Google AI Pro

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Published.

No list for personal accounts. Google's sub-processor list covers Workspace; the privacy policy says only that affiliates and trusted service providers process data for Google

Source: policies.google.comSection 'For external processing'Second source: workspace.google.comChecked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework · Google AI Pro

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On the list.

Active (Google LLC; EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, UK Extension)

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Google LLC' (checked 16 Oct 2026 for Workspace)Checked on

Retention

How long does Gemini app keep your data?

How long data is kept · Free

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Activity is auto-deleted after 18 months by default (3 months, 36 months or never are options); with Keep Activity off, 72 hours. Chats picked for human review are kept, disconnected from the account, for up to 3 years even after deletion

Source: support.google.comSection 'How long we retain your data' and Keep Activity sectionSecond source: support.google.comChecked on

How long data is kept · Google AI Pro

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Activity is auto-deleted after 18 months by default (3 months, 36 months or never are options); with Keep Activity off, 72 hours. Chats picked for human review are kept, disconnected from the account, for up to 3 years even after deletion

Source: support.google.comSection 'How long we retain your data' and Keep Activity sectionSecond source: support.google.comChecked on

Security

Which certifications and admin controls does Gemini app have?

Admin controls for AI · Free

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Not offered: a personal account has no admin; the user manages Keep Activity, Connected Apps, Memory and public links

Source: support.google.comSection listing Gemini Apps settingsChecked on

Admin controls for AI · Google AI Pro

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Not offered: a personal account has no admin; the user manages Keep Activity, Connected Apps, Memory and public links

Source: support.google.comSection listing Gemini Apps settingsChecked on

Price

What does Gemini app cost?

Price, as shown in Germany · Free

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Free.

EUR 0

Source: one.google.comPlan cards: Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra (page served in German from Germany)Checked on

Price, as shown in Germany · Google AI Pro

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€21.99 / mo.

EUR 21.99 per month

Source: one.google.comPlan cards: Google AI Plus, Pro, Ultra (page served in German from Germany)Checked on

The vendor doesn't say: certifications.

Alternatives

Gemini app alternatives that don't train on your data

Other assistants tools whose business plan doesn't train on your data and includes a DPA.

The five marks, in order: No AI training · EU hosting · DPA · Sub-processors listed · DPF or EU vendor. ✓ meets it, ✕ doesn't, – partly, ? not stated.

Tool · PlanVerdictYour five rules
  • Langdock

    Business · €29.00 / user / mo

    Says it doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Business add-on · €18.20 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • nele.ai

    usage-based credit subscription · See details

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Proton Lumo

    Professional · €11.99 / user / mo

    Says it doesn't train on your dataData in the EU (vendor says) · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Gemini in Google Workspace

    Business Standard · €13.60 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataLimited EU hosting · DPA in the terms

    ✓–✓✓✓

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