Google is changing its privacy policy and terms

Google is getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. Google's new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google. The New Privacy Policy and Google Terms are:

• Easy to work across Google
• Tailored for you
• Easy to share and collaborate

New Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Service will come into effect from March 1, 2012. If you choose to keep using Google once the change occurs, you will be doing so under the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Please read new Privacy Policy & Terms of Service now!

A preview of Gmail’s new look

We get a lot of great feedback about how Gmail helps you be more efficient, keep in touch with family and friends, and get work done. We’ve saved you from forgetting attachments and made sure that you got the right Bob. Over the years, adding countless features to Gmail has made it an increasingly powerful communication hub, but along the way the interface has also become more cluttered and complex.

That’s one of the reasons we’re embarking on a series of interface updates to help strip out unnecessary clutter and make Gmail as beautiful as it is powerful. This is part of a Google-wide effort to bring you an experience that’s more focused, elastic, and effortless across all of our products. The changes are not going to happen all at once. We know that you love and care about Gmail as much as we do, and we’ll be working on these upgrades gradually over the next few months to allow plenty of time to understand and incorporate your feedback into the evolving design.