Use of Google API Services with Forethought for Google Drive

This article outlines how Forethought for Google Drive integrates with Google API Services, ensuring your data is handled securely and privately.

Overview

Forethought for Google Drive allows you to access and analyze your Google Drive files seamlessly using a read-only API. This approach ensures that your files remain unchanged while enabling intelligent features within the application.

Data Use Consistent with Google's Limited Use Requirements

In accordance with Google's Limited Use Requirements, Forethought:

• Uses your data solely to improve user-facing features.
• Transfers only the minimal necessary data under specific conditions.
• Never uses your data for advertising purposes.
• Prohibits human review of your file contents.
• Does not retain or use user data obtained through Workspace APIs to develop, improve, or train generalized AI and/or ML models.

For more details, refer to Google's policy on data retention and AI/ML model training.

OAuth 2.0 Integration

Forethought employs OAuth 2.0 for secure authentication. You grant access via a Google consent screen, and after a secure token exchange, Forethought receives a token that allows read-only access to your files. Your login credentials remain exclusively with Google.

API Scope

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly

By requesting only the read-only scope, Forethought ensures that your files can be viewed but never modified. This approach maintains both the integrity of your data and your privacy, as access is used solely to enhance functionality.

How We Use Your Google Drive Data

Our application leverages read-only access to analyze document contents for insights, enhance search capabilities, and integrate your files seamlessly with Forethought services—all without altering your data.

Data Privacy and Security

We protect your information by accessing only the data required for analysis and using secure, encrypted channels for all API interactions. Additionally, data retrieved from your Google Drive is used only temporarily and is not permanently stored.

Compliance and Best Practices

Forethought adheres to Google's strict permission model by using only the read-only scope. Our security protocols are regularly reviewed and updated. You retain full control over your data and may revoke access at any time through your Google Account settings.

Revoking Access

If you choose to revoke access, you can do so in your Google Account settings. Revocation immediately stops any read-only access without affecting your existing files.

Conclusion

Forethought for Google Drive is designed with your privacy and security in mind. By limiting our access to a read-only scope and following Google's Limited Use Requirements, we ensure that your files are used solely to enhance your productivity without risk of alteration or loss.

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