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Opt out of data processing
Google Cloud collects data when customers use its services. This data does
not include customer data. Google Cloud uses the data it collects to
provide insights and recommendations in Recommender
and specific reports in the Google Cloud console. These insights, recommendations,
and reports help you use Google Cloud services more securely and
efficiently.
At any time, you can stop the processing of this data for the purpose of
providing these recommendations. You can also view any personal data used to
generate these recommendations. To learn how to view personal data, refer to the
export data documentation.
By default, Google Cloud processes data and generates insights and
recommendations for all organizations and projects. To opt out of insights and
recommendations for an organization or project, you must have one of the
following Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles on the organization or project:
Owner (roles/owner)
Data Processing Controls Resource Admin (roles/dataprocessing.admin), or an
equivalent custom IAM role
To opt out of insights and recommendations, or to prevent specific services from
consuming logs, follow these steps:
In the Google Cloud console, go to the Privacy & Security page.
In the Organization or Billing account tabs, select all data
processing groups you want to stop, then click the Disable button next to
the table heading. The selected groups' data will no longer be processed for
insights and recommendations.
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