Fact · Voice privacy and security
Google says that only a limited set of authorized Google employees and contractors can access customer data collected under Speech-to-Text data logging, and that Google uses it solely to train and improve its products.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Only a limited set of authorized Google employees and contractors have access to customer data collected using data logging”
Data logging (Speech-to-Text, Google Cloud), Google Cloud, 2026, Data privacy and security.
Open the original- What it measures
- Data logging is opt-in and is set per Google Cloud project. Google's documentation says the discounted price is the trade-off for opting in.
- What it does not show
- The sentence describes access to data that has been logged. It does not state how long logged data is kept.