Google began rolling out Chrome's enhanced autofill on Oct. 28, letting Gemini search Gmail for order numbers, tracking information and flight bookings to fill web forms. The feature is for U.S. users with Personal Intelligence turned on, on desktop, Android and iOS; Google says sensitive data is encrypted and can be managed in Chrome settings. The announcement does not list credit cards or addresses as Gmail data and does not explain how encryption applies to the Gmail content Chrome reads. Google also revised its privacy policy effective Oct. 16, allowing personalized ads to use Gmail, Drive and Photos data if users choose to make it available to other Google services.
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