Google Drive offers a lot of what other cloud services don’t — free storage. And despite being more generous than the competition, Google Drive also takes things a notch higher by exempting certain types of data from counting toward your quota.
Then, does Google Really Want Your G-Drive data?
, and not necessarily. In fact the way things are currently laid out within Google’s service terms, the company could theoretically pore over your G-Drive data at leisure, mining it for information about you, say, to use in its relentless pursuit of more personalized ads.
Barring that, you may want to forego using Google Drive to store sensitive data, maintaining and backing it up offline. Google’s not alone in needing clearer, more restrained terms of use for cloud-drive content.
If GDPR level privacy is required – especially if the user is a data controller and responsible for personal data and sensitive data aswell as being responsible for the actions of its data processor – then take note of Google’s terms: Google says it simply processes the data on behalf of the data controller.
What is Google Drive and how does it work?
Google’s powerful search capabilities are embedded in Drive and offer unmatched speed, performance, and reliability. And features like Priority use AI to predict what you’re looking for and surface the most relevant content—helping your team find files up to 50% faster.
Google Drive has great functionality, is very convenient and, as mentioned, in the most part is ‘ free’; free if users understand that they are the product. Google unashamedly uses data uploaded to monetise and direct advertising.
Can I use Google Drive for desktop on Linux?
Linux: Drive for desktop isn’t available for the Linux operating system. You can use Google Drive on the web. To edit with real-time presence in Microsoft Office, you need Office 2010 or up. Drive for desktop support for Apple M1 devices is in Beta. Drive for desktop doesn’t support Windows ARM-based devices.
You can use Google Drive on the web. To edit with real-time presence in Microsoft Office, you need Office 2010 or up. Drive for desktop support for Apple M1 devices is in Beta. Drive for desktop doesn’t support Windows ARM-based devices. Drive for desktop needs at least Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with Windows patch KB3033929.