Google Gemini (PDF upload): where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
31/100
Critical riskGoogle Gemini (PDF upload) is published by Google LLC (United States). The vendor falls under the US CLOUD Act: US authorities can request your files, whatever the hosting country.
Score calculated for this tool alone, without document-type weighting.
Checkpoints
- CLOUD Act
- Exposed Google LLC is a US company subject to the US CLOUD Act across its entire infrastructure.
- Jurisdiction
- Non-EU United States — US law — subject to the US CLOUD Act
- Servers
- Non-EU Google Cloud infrastructure (mainly United States on the consumer plan; EU regions configurable on Workspace / Vertex AI)
- Retention
- Persistent History kept according to account settings (3 to 36 months); 72 h if activity is turned off; up to 3 years after human review
- AI
- Possible On a personal Google account, conversations and uploaded files may be used to improve models and be reviewed by humans (unlike Google Workspace / Vertex AI).
Quick answers
Is Google Gemini (PDF upload) subject to the CLOUD Act?
Yes. Google LLC is a US company subject to the US CLOUD Act across its entire infrastructure.
Where are files uploaded to Google Gemini (PDF upload) hosted?
Google Cloud infrastructure (mainly United States on the consumer plan; EU regions configurable on Workspace / Vertex AI)
How long does Google Gemini (PDF upload) keep your documents?
History kept according to account settings (3 to 36 months); 72 h if activity is turned off; up to 3 years after human review.
Does Google Gemini (PDF upload) use your files to train AI?
On a personal Google account, conversations and uploaded files may be used to improve models and be reviewed by humans (unlike Google Workspace / Vertex AI).
Which certifications does Google Gemini (PDF upload) claim?
ISO/IEC 27001 (Google Cloud) · SOC 2 Type II (Google Cloud) · EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Our analysis
Big difference between a personal account (no DPA, extended retention) and paid Google Workspace, while remaining under US jurisdiction.
Source: Gemini Apps Privacy Hub (Google) ·
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