When you upload files to Google Drive, they are stored in secure data centers.
- If your iPhone or iPad is lost or broken, you can still access your files from your computer or other devices.
- Your files are private unless you share them.
To help ensure your Google Drive files are private:
Make your Google Account more secure
- If you share an iPhone or iPad, sign out of your Google Account when you're done.
- We suggest you don't install Google Drive on a shared or public iPhone or iPad. Anyone who uses the iPhone or iPad could access your files.
- You can set a passcode for your iPhone or iPad.
- Learn more about Google Account security.
Control what other people see
Your files are private unless you choose to share them. You can share files with:
- One person or a few people using a link.
- Everyone by making the files public.
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