https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/technology/google-is-tracking-your-life-photo-clouds-feeding-ai-system/
“There was a time when your photo album sat in a drawer, private, personal, and disconnected from the outside world. Privacy no longer exists in the modern world as personal data will become the key tool of control, and now Google is taking the next step by turning your memories into fuel for artificial intelligence.

According to a recent report, Google has rolled out a major update to its Photos platform that allows its AI system, Gemini, to scan your entire photo library to build what it calls “Personal Intelligence.” What this means in plain English is that your images are no longer just stored, they are analyzed and integrated into a broader behavioral profile.”

OPT-OUT: Go to myaccount.google.com and begin by turning off every tracking and personalization setting available, because leaving even one active continues to feed the system. Do not permit any form of “personalization,” as that is simply the mechanism used to justify data collection across services. Google is not limited to your photos, it tracks your location through Maps and embedded photo metadata, it records your browsing history, and it logs every video viewed and every search made, all of which are combined into a single behavioral profile.
It is not enough to disable these settings going forward, since the historical data remains intact, so you must also go back and delete all prior activity to reduce what has already been collected.”