Important: This article is only for users within the EU.
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an EU law that takes effect on March 6, 2024. As a result of the DMA, in the EU, Google offers you the choice to keep certain Google services linked for your child.
These Google services include:
- Search
- YouTube
- Ad services
- Google Play
- Chrome
- Google Shopping
- Google Maps
As a result of German law, users in Germany have the choice to link these additional Google services:
- Contacts
- Google News
- Google Wallet & payments services
Tip: These additional choices don't apply if your Google account is through your work, school, or other organization.
When linked, these services can share your child’s data with each other and with all other Google services for certain purposes. All types of data described in Google’s Privacy Policy can be shared across linked Google services. This includes your child’s activity when they’re signed in, such as things they search for and the videos they watch and listen to.
You can manage your child’s choices of which services to keep linked in their Google Account.
Tip: Linking Google services is not about sharing your child's data with third-party services.
Google services that can’t be linked
The following services are not and can’t be linked for users in Germany:
- Accomodations (Hotels & Vacation Rentals)
- Android Auto
- Android Automotive OS
- Android TV
- Authenticator
- Calculator
- Chrome Web Store
- Clock
- Files by Google
- Flights
- Gallery Go
- Gboard
- Google Assistant
- Google One
- Sign in with Google
- Google TV
- Google Photos
- Google Translate
- Workspace document processing (comprised of Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawing, Keep, Jamboard, Forms, and Sites)
- Workspace email & scheduling (comprised of Gmail, Calendar, and Tasks)
- On your child’s iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app
.
- Tap Menu
Settings
- Tip: If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com/linked-services
- At the top, tap Data & privacy.
- Under “Linked Google Services,” tap Manage linked services.
- Select the services you want linked and tap Next.
- Tip: Any other Google services that aren’t listed are always linked and able to share data with each other for the purposes described in our Privacy Policy, depending on your child’s privacy settings.
- Review your selections and tap Confirm
Your choices of which of the services listed above to keep linked for your child will take effect on March 6, 2024. You can review and update your choices about which services to link at any time.
