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Summary

• Add a dedicated Google User Data section (5.1-5.6) to superset.sh/privacy, covering every Google API scope we request, what we store, who it is shared with, the Limited Use commitments, and how to revoke and delete.
• Renumber sections 6-13, add a Connected Accounts bullet to 2.1, bump lastUpdated.

Why / Context

Google's app privacy policy requirements are what an OAuth consent screen is verified against. The structural half already passed: /privacy is a dedicated URL distinct from the homepage, on a domain we own, linked from the homepage footer (Footer.tsx:161) and the cookie banner.

The content half did not. Google appeared exactly once in the policy — as a sign-in option in 2.1 — with nothing about Gmail access, token storage, or retention. Google requires the policy to state, specifically, which Google user data the app accesses, how it is used, whether it is shared, how it is secured, and how long it is kept, and it explicitly rejects templates and sample policies.

How It Works

The scope list is transcribed from the code, not from a template, because a reviewer compares the policy against the live consent screen:

• 5.1 Sign-in only receives the account id, email, name, and picture, and reaches no Google service.
• 5.2 Names each scope with its purpose. The first-party Gmail trigger requests gmail.readonly (packages/trpc/src/router/integration/google/constants.ts:1-5); the marketplace connector requests the broader set — gmail.compose, gmail.modify, gmail.labels, gmail.settings.basic, https://mail.google.com/ (packages/shared/src/connectors/connectors.json:15-25). Both flows share one GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, so the policy has to cover the broadest set.
• 5.3 What we store, and what we do not: the trigger path persists headers and labels only, never bodies or attachments (syncMailbox.ts:126-160, field mask at gmail.ts:107-113). The encryption claim is scoped to connector tokens, which are the ones that actually go through AES-256-GCM (secret-box.ts).
• 5.4 Discloses that mail content an agent fetches goes to our AI provider to fulfil the request and is not used to train models.
• 5.5 The Limited Use disclosure: no advertising, no data brokers, no credit decisions, no generalized model training, no transfers beyond providing the feature.
• 5.6 Concrete because the code is: disconnect revokes the grant with Google, stops the mailbox watch, and deletes the tokens (google.ts:43-86).

Manual QA Checklist

Rendering

• /privacy renders the new section 5 with its six subsections
• Section numbering runs 1-13 with no gaps or duplicates
• Inline code spans render legibly in the .prose container, light and dark
• The three links resolve: Google's user data policy, /subprocessors, myaccount.google.com/permissions
• "Last updated: 29 September 2026" shows in the header
• Footer and cookie-banner links still reach the page

Accuracy

• Every scope listed in 5.2 matches the live consent screen, and the consent screen lists no scope absent from 5.2

Testing

Not run: this worktree has no installed dependencies, so MDX compile, next build, typecheck, and lint all fail on missing modules rather than on this change. The diff is one markdown file and contains no <, >, {, or }, so it is plain markdown to the MDX pipeline — but rendering is unverified and should be confirmed in the Vercel preview before merge.

check:i18n is unaffected: legal pages are MDX content, not JSX, and (legal) is not in packages/i18n/test/enforced-dirs.ts. Legal copy stays English-only, consistent with the other three legal pages.

Known Limitations

Three findings from auditing the code behind the policy. All are code changes, deliberately left out to keep this PR to the document, and the wording here is honest about each rather than aspirational.

1. calendar.readonly is requested and never used. It sits in the connector scope list (connectors.json:18) with zero Calendar API calls anywhere in the repo — the only @googleapis/* import is gmail. An unused sensitive scope is a common verification rejection. 5.2 discloses it plainly ("Superset does not read your calendar"), which is defensible, but deleting the scope is the better fix.
2. Sign-in tokens are not encrypted at rest. better-auth writes auth.accounts.access_token/refresh_token as plain text (packages/db/src/schema/auth.ts:87-92); no encryptOAuthTokens is configured. 5.3 therefore claims encryption only for connector credentials, which is accurate.
3. Recorded Gmail metadata has no pruner. automation_events.integration_connection_id is not a foreign key, so disconnecting does not remove the rows — only organization deletion cascades. 5.6 says exactly that and offers deletion on request.

Follow-ups

• Drop calendar.readonly from the connector scopes, and the unused @googleapis/calendar dependency.
• Encrypt better-auth OAuth tokens at rest.
• Prune automation_events.payload on a retention window, and revisit 5.6 once there is one to state.

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Summary by cubic

Adds a Google User Data section to the privacy policy so Google OAuth verification can pass. Google requires the policy to name each requested scope and carry the Limited Use disclosure; the policy previously only mentioned Google as a sign-in option.

• Section 5.1–5.6 names every Google API scope we request, what we store and do not store, who mail content is shared with, the Limited Use commitments, and how to revoke and delete access.
• Renumbers sections 6–13 and adds a Connected Accounts bullet to 2.1.
• The wording is honest about current gaps: calendar.readonly is requested but unused, sign-in tokens are not encrypted at rest, and Gmail metadata has no pruner.

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  • Updated the privacy policy date to September 29, 2026.
  • Added details about Google sign-in and optional Gmail connections, including requested permissions, data handling, use, retention, and deletion.
  • Clarified how credentials and data from connected services are stored. Existing sections were renumbered; their content is unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The privacy policy date changes to September 29, 2026. A new Section 5 describes Google sign-in and optional Gmail connection, including data use, storage, sharing, retention, and deletion. Existing sections are renumbered.

Changes

Privacy policy update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Google account and Gmail disclosures apps/marketing/content/legal/privacy.mdx	The policy adds disclosures about Google sign-in and optional Gmail connection. It updates the policy date and renumbers the existing sections. The content of the renumbered sections remains unchanged.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: saddlepaddle

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3926b

The privacy policy should explicitly require the consent Google mandates for feature-related and business-transfer disclosures. Correct this wording before merging; the change does not alter OAuth or data-transfer behavior.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3926b

The policy adds useful disclosures without an established increase in runtime access. Its transfer-consent wording remains ambiguous, and the implementation of the disclosed protections has not been fully verified.

Retained concerns

• Low · security · inferred: The new Google-data transfer clause conditions consent on whether it is required without spelling out the consent preconditions for feature-related or merger/acquisition transfers. This could leave the public security contract open to inconsistent interpretation. The express incorporation of Google's requirements is substantial counterevidence; no unauthorized transfer or weakened runtime control is established.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The disclosure concerns connected users' Google credentials, mailbox metadata, and requested mail content, including onward AI-provider processing. Its public commitments apply to those users, but the evidence does not establish a newly reachable attacker path or increased runtime authority.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• observed — The supplied security candidate remains deferred with unknown reachability because its verification receipt is missing. It does not establish an exploit, a runtime transfer, or a verified high-severity condition.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The policy describes user-requested transfer to an AI provider, member-scoped mailbox automation, and restricted staff access. It expressly incorporates Google's requirements. These statements constrain the disclosed behavior but do not independently prove consent enforcement, tenant isolation, or downstream retention controls.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title uses conventional commit format and clearly identifies the main change: documenting Google user data handling in the privacy policy.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description provides the change summary, rationale, testing status, manual QA items, known limitations, and follow-ups. It does not use the exact template headings and does not include the maintai…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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- Line 104: Update the Google user data transfer statement in the privacy policy
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🌐 Web query:

site:developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy Limited Use merger acquisition sale assets explicit prior consent transfers

💡 Result:

Google’s **Limited Use** rule says transfers of user data are generally prohibited, with an exception for a developer merger, acquisition, or asset sale **only after obtaining the user’s explicit prior consent**. The policy also says all other transfers, uses, or sales are prohibited. ([developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy?authuser=8&utm_source=openai))

The source establishes the consent requirement; it doesn’t specify the form that consent must take.

Citations:

- 1: https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy?authuser=8&utm_source=openai

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🌐 Web query:

site:developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy "transfer" "provide or improve" "explicit prior consent" feature merger acquisition asset sale

💡 Result:

The matching Google policy is the **Data Portability API User Data and Developer Policy**. It says data transfers are generally restricted, with exceptions that include transfers to provide or improve user-facing features—with user consent—and transfers during a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, after obtaining the user’s explicit prior consent. ([developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/data-portability/policy?hl=en&utm_source=openai))

The search result is for that Data Portability policy, not necessarily the general Google API Services User Data Policy.

Citations:

- 1: https://developers.google.com/data-portability/policy?hl=en&utm_source=openai

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🌐 Web query:

site:developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy "explicit prior consent" "merger" "user-facing features" transfer

💡 Result:

Google’s policy allows transfer of user data **as part of a developer’s merger, acquisition, or sale of assets only after obtaining the user’s explicit prior consent**. Other permitted transfers include those needed for prominent user-facing features, but only with the user’s consent, plus transfers for security or legal compliance. The policy page says it was last updated February 15, 2024. ([developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy?authuser=8&utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy?authuser=8&utm_source=openai

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State Google’s consent conditions explicitly.

The current wording can permit a transfer without the consent required by Google’s Limited Use policy. The policy requires consent for prominent user-facing feature transfers and explicit prior consent for merger, acquisition, or asset-sale transfers.

Proposed correction

-- Transfer Google user data to anyone except as needed to provide or improve the features you use, to comply with the law, or as part of a merger or acquisition, after we give you notice and obtain your consent where that is required.
+- Transfer Google user data to anyone except as needed to provide or improve prominent user-facing features, only with your consent; to comply with applicable law; to protect against fraud, abuse, or security threats; or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, only after obtaining your explicit prior consent.

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	- Transfer Google user data to anyone except as needed to provide or improve the features you use, to comply with the law, or as part of a merger or acquisition, after we give you notice and obtain your consent where that is required.
	- Transfer Google user data to anyone except as needed to provide or improve prominent user-facing features, only with your consent; to comply with applicable law; to protect against fraud, abuse, or security threats; or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, only after obtaining your explicit prior consent.

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Review comment at @apps/marketing/content/legal/privacy.mdx at line 104:
Update the Google user data transfer statement in the privacy policy to require
consent for transfers needed to provide or improve prominent user-facing
features, and explicit prior consent for transfers related to a merger,
acquisition, or asset sale. Retain the stated legal-compliance and fraud, abuse,
or security-threat exceptions.

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