Understanding Google Messages Data Safety

Your security and privacy are important to Google. Your information is only shared with emergency service providers in case of emergency and with your consent.

Location

This data is only collected and shared with your consent when you initiate an emergency messaging session. Two locations are collected:

• Precise: From your device.
• Loose: From the satellite.

Both locations are temporarily queued by our server until they are forwarded to the emergency service provider in case of an emergency only.

Personal Information

• If you initiate satellite emergency text messaging, your name, email address, and phone number are only shared with an emergency service provider.
• You can choose whether or not to share your emergency messages with your emergency contacts.

Device or other IDs

Your eSim ID number is shared with the Satellite provider so that you can activate the eSIM.

Related resources

• Use end-to-end encryption in Google Messages
• Understand the basics of privacy in Google Messages