What should I know about my privacy with Google Health?
Last updated: 19 May 2026
Welcome to Google Health. When you use Fitbit and Google devices and Google Health services with a Google Account, the Google Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information. This Help Centre article supplements the Google Privacy Policy, and provides more information about how Google processes data when you use your Google Account to log in to and use Fitbit and Google devices and Google Health services.
Note: If you log in to Fitbit with a Fitbit account, the Fitbit Privacy Policy provides details on how Fitbit processes your data. After 19 May 2026, you can no longer access Fitbit with your Fitbit account. To continue using your account, you'll need to move your Fitbit account to Google. If you choose not to move your account, you can still download or delete your data at any time before we begin processing data deletions on 15 July 2026. For information about the Fitbit Ace LTE Privacy Policy, check here.
Information that Google collects
Google's Privacy Policy applies to Google and Fitbit' devices and Google Health services and explains what information we collect, why we collect it and how you can update, manage, export and delete your information.
Categories of data collected
In addition to the data described in the Google Privacy Policy, when you use Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services, we save:
- Setup information that may be required to register, such as height, weight and sex to calculate your stride length and to estimate distance, basal metabolic rate and calorie burn.
- Health and wellness data like the number of steps that you take, your distance travelled, calories burned, weight, heart rate, sleep stages, active minutes, your manual entry in the Google Health app and/or data from services that you connected to your Google Health experience either directly or through a data sharing platform (e.g. Health Connect or Apple Health) like first- or third-party apps or services (e.g. Strava or a healthcare provider). The data collected varies depending on which device or service you use. Learn more.
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Medical records, if you manually upload them or connect a medical provider to your Google Health account for syncing. This can include lab results and clinical notes, and may contain sensitive information such as health conditions. Learn more. The availability of these medical record uploads or connections depends on your region and the specific device or service that you use.
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Precise geolocation data for selected features, including location from GPS signals, device sensors, Wi-Fi access points and mobile tower IDs. This type of data is collected if you grant access to your location. You can always remove access using your Google Health device or mobile device settings. The Google Health service may also derive your approximate location from your IP address. Learn more.
- Usage, network activity information and diagnostics data when you access or use Google Health. This includes information about your interaction with Google Health, for example, when you view or search content, install applications or software, log in to Google Health, pair your Fitbit or Google device to your account or open or interact with an application on your Google or Fitbit device. Data about the devices and computers that you use to access Google Health are also collected, including IP addresses, browser type, language, operating system, Google Health or mobile device information (including device and application identifiers), the referring web page, pages visited, location (depending on the permissions that you have granted us) and cookie information.
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If you use generative AI features available through the Google Health app, such as the Google Health Coach, Public Preview or Labs, we collect your conversations activity in the lab and related information. This includes what you ask the AI, the context that you provide and the responses that you receive such as chat or voice conversations about your fitness and sleep goals. We may also collect generative AI-generated insights on your data or summaries of your data.
Additional details about how specific Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services collect data vary by device or service and how you configure your device or service, as described here.
Optional features and data
Google Health services include optional features (e.g. cycle health, irregular rhythm notifications, ECG, medical records) that you can turn on and turn off at any time. Before you turn an optional feature on, you’re informed about the data that it collects and processes, and how that data is used.
For example, if you decide to enable cycle health, we will collect, store and process your cycle health data in the Google Health app or import from a connected app or service or device to help you track your menstrual cycle, as well as details related to your cycle, so that you can better understand your cycle health. You can turn this feature off, and download or delete your data, at any time in Google Health settings.
Additionally, for our regulated medical device software, to meet regulatory requirements, we may compile, analyse and share your aggregate and de-identified data with regulatory bodies. None of the data used for these purposes will include your name, email or any other information that directly identifies you.
If you choose to connect your account with another third-party app either directly or through a data-sharing platform, we may receive information from the other service. For example, if you connect to MyFitnessPal through Health Connect, Google Health may receive information like your nutrition data.
If you connect to a healthcare provider like Kaiser, or a repository of health records, Google Health may receive personal health record information that you allow on an ongoing basis. The availability of these medical record uploads or connections depends on your region and the specific device or service that you use. You can stop sharing the information from the other service with us by removing our access to that other service.
You may also choose to share certain data from your account with third-party apps through Health Connect on Android. You can stop sharing information to other services through Health Connect in your Google Health app settings or directly in your Android settings.
We may also partner with third-party entities, such as employers and insurance companies, that offer Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services to their employees and customers via a Fitbit Enterprise programme. In such cases, these entities may provide us with your name, email address or similar information (like a telephone number or subscriber ID) so that we can invite you to participate in or determine your eligibility for particular benefits, such as discounts or cost-free services. Learn more about Google Health Enterprise.
We offer Google accounts for children under the age of 13, or the applicable age in your country, and allow these children to sign in to Google Health using their own Google Account. The Privacy Notice for Google Accounts created with Family Link and the Google Privacy Policy describe our privacy practices when your child uses Google Health with their Google Account.
Remember that when your child is signed in to Google Health with their Google Account, the information that we collect, including activity-related health and wellness data (e.g. like their steps taken and active minutes, and sleep duration) will be stored with their Google Account.
Information that you provide us with
When you create an account for your child, we’ll ask for personal information about them, like their height and sex. This information is used to calculate metrics like activity stats. You or your child may choose to share certain additional information (like location, birthday) with us.
Information that we collect from your child’s use of our services
Your child’s Fitbit device collects data to track their activity during the day, including their steps, sleep and active minutes. When their Fitbit devices sync with a Google Health app, data on your child’s Fitbit device will be transferred to our servers and attached to their Google Account. Google Health does not collect location tracking data from your child.
When your child logs in to the Google Health app with their Google Account, we automatically collect and store information about account connectivity such as IP addresses, browser type, language, operating system, and app and mobile device information (including cookie and application identifiers).
How we use the information that we collect
We use your child’s information: to provide, maintain and improve Google Health services; to authenticate users’ identities; to track activities and exercise; to measure performance and understand how our services are used; and to help improve the safety and reliability of our services.
Information that your child can share
Your child’s display name, avatar, About Me information and the date that they joined Fitbit are shared when establishing a friend connection. Average daily step count is also shared with friends. Other personal info and statistics are only shared with approved connections based on the child’s privacy settings.
Information that Google shares
Information that we collect may be shared outside Google in limited circumstances. We do not share personal information with companies, organisations and individuals outside of Google Health unless one of the following applies:
With consent
We will share personal information outside Google with consent (as applicable).
For external processing
We provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and subject to other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
For legal reasons
We may disclose information to comply with a law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; to assert legal rights or defend against legal claims; or to prevent, detect or investigate illegal activity, fraud, abuse, violations of our terms or threats to the security of the Google Health service or the physical safety of any person.
How you can access or delete your child's Google Health data
You can view some of your child's Google Health data by viewing their profile. Note that this process will only allow you to view some of your child’s information. If your child has a Google Account, you can access, update, remove, export and restrict the processing of your child’s information by signing in to their Google Account and going to Google Health Data and privacy settings. If you do not remember your child’s password, you can reset it through the Family Link app or Family Link settings on the web.
You can delete your child’s Google Health data by navigating to your Google Account and clicking on your child’s profile under Programmes and family. Your child will have the ability to delete their Google Health data by going to their Google Health data and privacy settings in their Google Account.
How Google uses data to provide and improve services
Google's Privacy Policy applies to Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services and explains what information we collect, why we collect it and how you can update, manage, export and delete your information. In addition, read the commitments we made to global regulators to understand the safeguards Google applies in handling your information.
At Google Health, our products and services use data from your paired devices and services to help you reach your health and fitness goals. This means providing Google services and experiences related to health and wellness, improving and personalising them and developing new ones, and keeping you informed of relevant Google products, services and updates.
Some examples of how we use data to make features and services that help you live healthier:
- Provide and maintain Google Health services: We need to use your information to provide you with your Google Health dashboards, which track your exercise, activity and other trends, and to enable the community features of the Services. For community features, we may use your information to help you find and connect with other users and to allow other users to find and connect with you.
- Personalise your experience and power AI features: We may use your information to make inferences and show you more relevant content: e.g. based on your sleep data, we can provide you with customised insights to help you improve your sleep or, when you allow us to collect precise location information, we map where a workout took place. With your permission, the Google Health Coach may use your health and wellness data to provide even more personalised insights and suggestions. For instance, the Google Health Coach can analyse your activity patterns to offer tailored recommendations for your fitness routine.
- Improve existing features: We aggregate data to improve our algorithms or use it to troubleshoot and improve the performance, safety and reliability of our Google Health devices and services.
- Keeping you informed of Google products, services and updates: We use your information when needed to send you notifications related to your Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services, and some of our promotions will be personalised to you based on your use of Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services. For example, we will let you know when new features are available for your device, when devices are on sale or when new devices are available for pre-order. However, we’ll always respect your choice about whether you want to receive promotional emails from Google by going to your Google Health app settings or via the 'Unsubscribe' link in the email.
- Promote safety and security: We use the information we collect to promote the safety and security of Google Health services, our users and other parties. For example, we may use the information to authenticate users, facilitate secure payments, protect against fraud and abuse, respond to a legal request or claim, conduct audits and enforce our terms and policies.
The preview version of the Google Health app allows a limited audience early access to the latest Google Health features before they're made broadly available. Participants can test and provide feedback on any available new or updated features, which may include experimental generative AI features for eligible users, before they are released more broadly. Certain preview features may use AI to deliver personalised experiences. Your participation in Public Preview is optional. To access these features, you must opt in to the Public Preview and meet specific eligibility requirements (Public Preview for Google Health app). Some features are only available in Public Preview, while others are only available in the publicly available Google Health app. Preview features can also change over time and may not appear in the final release. Your data won't be deleted when you switch between these versions of the app.
- The Google Health Coach may only be available to selected users in certain jurisdictions, and are not available in all jurisdictions. You will be prompted to opt in before using these features.
- The Google Health Coach is designed to provide you with personalised insights and guidance to help you reach your health and wellness goals. These features use your Google Health data to understand your patterns and provide tailored suggestions. We rely on other Google services and infrastructure to provide these new generative AI features. For example, to provide you with the most accurate and up-to-date information, some responses are grounded on Search results.
- You are in control of your data and participation. At any time, you can turn off the Google Health Coach in your settings, or download or delete your Google Health data. Turning off personalised insights will stop the feature from using your data going forwards, but it will not delete any of your existing Google Health data. You can always manage or delete your previously collected data in your Google Health settings.
- It's important to remember that AI is an evolving technology and may sometimes provide inaccurate or inappropriate information that doesn't represent Google's views. These features are not intended for medical diagnosis or treatment. Always consult a healthcare provider for any health concerns.
- If you choose to share your Google Health data to other Google services or features, those interactions will be governed by the consent, privacy notices and/or human-review protocols applicable to those respective platforms.
For users who have opted in to the Google Health Coach, Google Health will use your historical and future health and wellness data to provide you with personalised coaching, built with Gemini. This may include:
- Google Health data that the app collects, like data from your devices that you have paired or data derived from medical device applications
- Your interactions with Google Health, such as data that you entered or uploaded to Google Health, like chat or voice conversations with AI about your fitness or sleep goals, and feedback
- Data that you choose to store with Google Health through connections with third-party apps or devices, like synced medical record data from a healthcare provider or data shared with Google Health via Health Connect or Apple Health app
- Your reproductive and sexual health information, including logged or predicted cycles, symptoms and related algorithmic insights
- Your Google Account and Google Health profile info
You can connect, check and track your medical records in the Google Health app. If you have a Google Health Premium subscription, you can connect your synced medical records to the Google Health Coach to help personalise your Google Health experience. Separately, if you donate your data for research, your records may be used for health and wellness research, including training AI models.
For users in the United States, when you request that your medical records be sent from your provider to Google Health, or when you upload records manually, they are no longer subject to the protections of the federal Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In jurisdictions outside the United States, your data is governed by local privacy and data protection laws. Regardless of your location, you remain in control over these records, what Google Health may do with them and when to delete them.
Important disclaimer: Bear in mind that any medical records that you store within your account are not your official medical records and may not be complete. If you need your records for medical care or for official purposes (like school or work), please request your original health records directly from your healthcare provider.For users who have opted into AI features, such as the Google Health Coach, your conversations with our AI features are private. To help us improve and troubleshoot these experimental features, human review of conversation data may occur in two circumstances:
- If you submit feedback in the Google Health app, for example, providing feedback on a specific conversation. This allows our teams to understand the issue, address your feedback and improve the quality of the feature.
- If you provide separate, explicit consent for your data to be used for research and development, with steps taken to remove personally identifiable information (PII). This is optional.
In the case of a feedback submission, trained reviewers may read, annotate and process the specific conversation. They may also review associated Google Health health and wellness data, activity logs related to that interaction and basic app information. Please avoid entering confidential information that you wouldn't want a reviewer to see.
Outside of these two scenarios, your conversations in Google Health are not accessed by human reviewers. These human-review limitations apply strictly to conversations within the Google Health app. If you choose to share your Google Health data to other Google services or features, those interactions will be governed by the consent, privacy notices and/or human-review protocols applicable to those respective platforms.
Your personal interactions with AI in the Google Health app are not used for training the underlying generative models, unless you specifically opt in under a separate agreement to use your data for research and development.
Privacy is at the core of the Google Health experience.
Google has committed to not use Fitbit users' health and wellness data for Google Ads. The Fitbit app is now the Google Health app, and we continue to keep this commitment.
After 19 May 2026, you can no longer access Fitbit with your Fitbit account. To continue using your account, you'll need to move your Fitbit account to Google. If you choose not to move your account, you can still download or delete your data at any time before we begin processing data deletions on 15 July 2026.
If you move to Google, your Fitbit data will be associated with your Google Account. Google will handle this data as described in the Google Privacy Policy and these FAQs. You will also be subject to the Google Terms of Service, as supplemented by these Google Health Additional Terms of Service.
If you’re based in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, unless stated otherwise in any additional terms, Google services (including the Google Health service if you migrate) are provided by Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operating under the laws of Ireland (Registered Number: 368047) and located at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
If you’re based in the United Kingdom, unless stated otherwise in any additional terms, Google services (including the Google Health service if you migrate) are provided by Google LLC, a company organised under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, and operating under the laws of the USA, and located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.
If you don't move your Fitbit account to a Google Account, you'll remain subject to existing terms and privacy policies of Fitbit LLC until we deprecate the legacy service.
Google Health is committed to helping everyone, everywhere, be healthier. As part of this mission, we want to understand how the human body works, how to accurately measure health and how to encourage people to lead healthier lives.
You can choose to be an important part of this mission by participating in research. If you agree to participate, Google Health and Google will collect and use your data to research and develop new health and wellness products and services, including Google’s enterprise products. These features include machine-learning technologies, which continuously evolve. For example, if you opted into the Google Health Coach and have agreed to participate in research, your interactions with the Google Health Coach will be used to train the AI model and improve its responses. Data that is used for research is de-identified, meaning it will not include information that directly identifies you (such as your name, email or other information that directly identifies you). This data may include your:
- Sensor data and associated metadata from a device that you connect to Google Health, including activity, location, sleep, cycle and reproductive health, medical features or nutrition data
- Data that you enter or upload into Google Health, such as conversations with AI, data from a mix of inputs like chat and voice, feedback, journal entries, or other health information or life context that you provide
- Data that you share with Google Health through connections with Google services or third-party applications or providers, including data that originates from other apps or services (such as Gemini), which is then shared with or processed by Google Health
- Personal health records (such as medical records) that you choose to import from healthcare providers or other sources
The choice to opt in to or out of research is up to you. You can opt in to and out of research at any time. You can review your consent, update your consent status and download or delete your data in your Google Account settings. If you revoke your consent, your data will not be used to research and develop new products and services or to support health research.
You may also have the opportunity to enrol in optional research studies in the Google Health app. Before enrolling, you will have the opportunity to review and agree to an informed consent document to make an informed decision about participation in the study.
Your data may also be used to generate findings that could be included in publications like science journals, or may be made publicly available through open source to contribute to general knowledge about health and science. All research data will be encrypted at rest, access will be controlled and research database content will be auditable. Data shared for these purposes will not include information that can directly identify you.
Sharing your information
When you use Fitbit’s devices and Google Health services, your data may be shared with third parties as explained in the Google Privacy Policy (and in more detail below). We also explain in this section how information is shared across your Google and Fitbit devices and Google Health services and among members of your Google Health family.
The social element of Google Health includes a number of social features. These include: users' ability to make friend connections; and seven-day step and other metrics leaderboards. Learn more about Google Health's social features. In addition, Google Health users can contribute to community forums at https://support.google.com/googlehealth/community.
How we use the information that we collect
As part of Google Health, we use your information to help you find and connect with other Google Health users and to allow other users to find and connect with you. For example, your account contact information allows other users to add you as a friend. When another user has your email in their contact list or in their friend network on a connected service, we show that user that you are a user of the Google Health service.
Information that you can share
Your Google Account name, profile picture and email address are shared when establishing a friend connection. Step count and cardio load are also shared with friend leaderboards, unless changed in privacy settings. You may also direct us to disclose your information to others, such as when you use our community features like the community forums.
You have the option to share your information in other ways; for example, when you give a third-party application access to your account or when you give access to an organisation that is participating in a Google Health Enterprise programme. You may also choose to share your health data with other Google services to enable cross-platform features.
Each connection is optional, and you can manage what you share in your Google Health or connected service account settings. You can revoke your consent to share with other Google services, third-party applications or employee wellness programmes using your Google Health or connected service account settings. Bear in mind that once your data is shared outside of the Google Health service, the use of your Google Health information is determined by the privacy notices, policies and/or terms of those respective apps or Google platforms.
We’re giving existing Fitbit users the option to move their Fitbit experience to a Google Account, and new Google Health users are required to register with a Google Account. Some existing Fitbit users haven't decided to move their Fitbit experience to a Google Account yet. These Fitbit account holders will need to transition to Google Accounts by 19 May 2026 to continue to use the Google Health Service.
(1) Fitbit International Limited and Google Ireland Limited (for users in the EEA or Switzerland) and (2) Fitbit International Limited and Google LLC (for users in the UK) are joint controllers for this joint processing, and Fitbit and Google remain responsible for their respective obligations under data protection law.
You can contact Google and our Data Protection Office if you have additional questions or want to exercise your rights in respect of joint processing, including your right of objection.
Exporting, deleting and protecting your information
By logging in to the Google Health app, you can access much of your personal information, including your daily exercise and activity statistics and other health and wellness data.
By accessing your Google Health data and privacy settings in your Google Account, you can export your data in a commonly used file format, including data about your activities, body, food, sleep and more. Learn more.
You can update name, profile picture and birthday used in Google Health by updating your Google Account personal info. Other personal data in Google Health such as sex, height and weight can be updated in the Google Health app or through Google Health settings. If you change your sex, height, weight and display name, your previous entries are not kept.
You can delete selected health and wellness data history through your Google Health data and privacy settings or leave Google Health by deleting the Google Health service.
Your Google Health health and wellness data, like exercise, activity, sleep and stress data, are kept until you choose to delete the data or leave Google Health because Google Health uses this data to provide you with your personal statistics and other aspects of Google Health. This also includes location data if you have granted the necessary permissions, and Google Health Coach conversations if you have opted into that feature. Your Google Health profile information, like sex, is also kept for as long as you stay with Google Health. Other information about you and your use of Google Health is kept for as long as necessary for our legitimate business interests, for legal reasons and to prevent harm.
In some cases, when you add information for a Google Health feature, data is deleted after it is no longer needed for the feature. For instance, when you provide your contact list for finding friends, the list is deleted after it is used for adding contacts as friends.
Google Health uses your information when needed to send you notifications about Google Health and to respond to you when you contact us.
With your permission, Google Health also uses your information to promote new features or products that might interest you. You can control marketing communications and most Google Health notifications by using your notification preferences or via the 'Unsubscribe' link in an email.
Bear in mind that unsubscribing from marketing emails does not unsubscribe you from emails about your account, informational emails regarding how to use products that you are currently using or customer satisfaction emails that we may be required to send out for compliance purposes.
You can leave Google Health at any time through your Google Health data and privacy settings. Leaving the Google Health service will permanently delete associated Google Health data from your Google Account but will not affect other Google services. Leaving Google Health or deleting your data from Google Health does not automatically delete Google Health data that you have previously authorised for use with other Google services. You must manage those settings separately within your Google Account or connected service account settings.
If you are participating in Public Preview and wish to opt out of the programme while keeping your account active, you can leave via your profile settings. For detailed steps on switching versions or leaving the programme, visit the Google Health Help Centre.
If you wish to delete your health and wellness data, collected by your Fitbit and Google devices and shared with Google Health, you can go to your Google Health data and privacy settings to review and delete.