Question about Security and Privacy

[Kelson]

I didn't see a way to contact google about google charts so I figured I would ask here. In the terms and conditions it states some charts send data to google and some don't. But I was confused whether all data is sent to google to render the chart or whether certain charts will render in the browser?

[Jon Orwant]

Currently, data is only sent to Google when geocoding is necessary for a map chart. Everything else happens inside the browser and Google never sees it.

Jon

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Kelson <lu...@onid.oregonstate.edu> wrote:

I didn't see a way to contact google about google charts so I figured I would ask here. In the terms and conditions it states some charts send data to google and some don't. But I was confused whether all data is sent to google to render the chart or whether certain charts will render in the browser?

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[Andrew Gallant]

To clarify Jon's post: this includes the GeoMap, GeoChart, and Map visualizations.  Every chart has a Data Policy section in its documentation (examples: GeoChart, AreaChart) that describes how data is used by Google (if at all), so you can check on a chart-by-chart basis.

On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 2:28:56 PM UTC-4, orw...@google.com wrote:

Currently, data is only sent to Google when geocoding is necessary for a map chart. Everything else happens inside the browser and Google never sees it.

Jon

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Kelson <lu...@onid.oregonstate.edu> wrote:

I didn't see a way to contact google about google charts so I figured I would ask here. In the terms and conditions it states some charts send data to google and some don't. But I was confused whether all data is sent to google to render the chart or whether certain charts will render in the browser?

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[Danny Varela]

Hi,

I've recently started using Google Charts, and have gone through the FAQ webpage (https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/faq#using-the-api) , through the security and privacy page (https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/security_privacy), such that I'm fully aware that each chart has it's Data Policy section explaining if any data is sent to some external server. However, I'm confused over the question "Is Google logging all my chart data ?" in the FAQ page, as it states that chart data included in the HTTP request is stored for no longer than two weeks. This only applies for those charts that do send data to google like the GeoMap, GeoChart, etc right ? 

I appreciate your time and dedication to this Google Group, and look forward to your response.

Thanks, 

Danny Varela

[Daniel LaLiberte]

You are correct that this claim about "chart data included in the HTTP request" only applies when there is any such data included in HTTP requests.  

The geo-charts look up map coordinate data for specific regions that are identified in the HTTP requests for the data.  They may also request the locations of specific named entities, such as cities or addresses, and those names or addresses will be in the HTTP requests. 

Requests for data from spreadsheets don't typically include much data, but you may include queries that identify sheets or columns by name.  Of course the spreadsheet server has access to all the data in your spreadsheet.

If you use the "Chart Server" to build a chart on the server side, you must send your data to the server in the HTTP requests.  These are deprecated charts and you are probably not using any of them.

I believe that covers all the cases that could involve sending data to Google servers.

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