# What the Pixel Watch knows about you

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## Cloud upload

Pixel Watch requires a Google Account from first setup with no skip option. Your health data flows through both Wear OS and the Fitbit app simultaneously, two separate Google data pipelines per device. There is no opt-out or offline mode.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2022-10-06
- Source: Google Pixel Watch 3 Specs (https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_watch_3_specs)

## Data sale

Pixel Watch health data flows through the Fitbit app. Whether EU Pixel Watch users are covered by the EU antitrust commitment restricting Fitbit data use for advertising is publicly unresolved. EU Pixel Watch users may have weaker protections than EU Fitbit users under the same household.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2022-10-06
- Source: EC M.9660: European Commission Fitbit commitment decision, December 2020 (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2488)

## Data deletion control

Google Health Connect, which aggregates your Pixel Watch data, does not automatically expire third-party app permissions. An app granted access continues to read your daily health data indefinitely until you manually revoke it in settings. Most users are unaware these permissions persist silently.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-01-01
- Source: Google Health Connect (https://health.google/health-connect/)

## Data retention

Google keeps some data until you delete it, auto-deletes other data after set periods, retains feature usage data for the life of your Google Account, and may keep some data longer for legal reasons. Server deletion takes about two months after you remove data.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-04-02
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Third-party sharing

Google shares non-personal info publicly and with partners including publishers, advertisers, and developers. Personal info is shared with third parties for processing, legal reasons, or with consent. Health data from wearables is not used for personalized ads.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-04-02
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Location tracking

Google collects GPS and motion sensor data from your watch for speed and direction. You can also enable Timeline to build a private map of everywhere you go with signed-in devices.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-04-02
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Biometric storage

Google collects sleep patterns, heart rate, skin temperature, calories, and steps from your Pixel Watch and processes this data with your consent under applicable privacy laws.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-04-02
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Biometric storage

Pixel Watch collects sleep patterns, heart rate, skin temperature, calories burned, and steps taken through Fitbit integration; Google also collects account information, device identifiers, IP address, location data via GPS and sensor data, and activity data across Google services.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-06-17
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Data sale

Google does not sell your personal information and does not share your personal information as defined in the CCPA; data is shared with affiliates and trusted service providers, and non-personally identifiable information may be shared publicly and with partners.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-06-17
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Data deletion control

Pixel Watch users can delete content from specific Google services or their entire Google Account, export data via Google Takeout, adjust history and personalization controls, turn off personalized ads, and set data to be deleted automatically after a set period.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-06-17
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

## Data retention

Google retains user-created content until removal, deletes or anonymizes some data automatically after a set period, and retains some data until account deletion; Google uses encryption to keep data private while in transit and restricts access to employees subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-06-17
- Source: primary source (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

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