Gemini Notebook
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Provider: Google · Based in: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland · Provider website
- Plans
- 4
- Sources
- 17
- As of
- 18 Oct
As of 18 Oct 2026. Based on our research on this date and the process described in the methodology. No guarantee of accuracy, not legal advice. The provider’s current documents take precedence. Found an error? Report a correction.
Incomplete. 5 points could not be verified in any provider source (see open points). This does not mean the matter is unproblematic; it means we have not checked it.
At a glance
- Hosting
- mixed: Gemini Notebook Standard, Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultranot publicly documented: Gemini Notebook in Google WorkspaceEU option: Gemini Notebook Enterprise
- Training on inputs
- no: all 4 plans
- DPA
- no: Gemini Notebook Standard, Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultrayes: Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace, Gemini Notebook Enterprise
- Provider
- Google (Google Ireland Limited for consumers in the EEA; Workspace and Google Cloud according to the respective customer contract)
- Based in
- Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (contracting party under the Google Terms of Service, q10); contracting entity for Workspace and Google Cloud not read on the pages retrieved
Values from 4 plans, each listed with the plans it applies to. Details and evidence are in the plan table.
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Details per plan
Short values per plan. Click a feature to open the evidence and notes for all plans; sources with retrieval dates are under “Evidence”.
| Feature | Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account)Compare Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account) with another tool | Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)Compare Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account) with another tool | Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)Compare Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus) with another tool | Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)Compare Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud) with another tool |
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| differs by plan | 0 EUR | several tiers | Per user/month with monthly billing… | 9 USD/user/mo |
| Details: Price | EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version) | Google AI Plus EUR 4.99/month; Google AI Pro EUR 21.99/month; Google AI Ultra EUR 99.99/month (5x the limits of AI Pro) or EUR 219.99/month (20x) (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version, as of 2026-10-18); Gemini Notebook is included in the subscriptions | Per user/month with monthly billing, excl. taxes: Business Starter EUR 6.80; Business Standard EUR 13.60; Business Plus EUR 21.10; introductory discounts for new customers (Workspace pricing page, German version, as of 2026-10-18). Enterprise editions via sales. | USD 9 per licence per month, minimum 15 licences, 30-day trial (Google Cloud product page); monthly or annual subscriptions, up to 5,000 licences per subscription (licensing documentation; the documentation states a 14-day trial) |
| yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook) | yes (as Standard with higher limits and premium features: Plus 200 notebooks/100 sources, Pro 500/300, Ultra 500/500 or 600; earlier access to features, advanced sharing, with Pro/Ultra removal of the visible watermark) | yes (Gemini Notebook as a Workspace core service; Business Starter with standard access, Business Standard and Plus with extended access and higher limits per edition) | yes (Gemini Notebook with at least the same limits as the consumer version, additionally DOCX/PPTX/XLSX sources, sign-in via Cloud Identity or external IdP, VPC Service Controls, IAM, CMEK, audit logs, API) |
| differs by plan | no | no | yes | yes |
| Details: DPA | no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA) | no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA) | yes (as a core service under the Workspace contract including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum) Provider’s DPA | yes (Generative AI Service under the Google Cloud contract; Cloud Data Processing Addendum) Provider’s DPA |
| no | no | no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | Help 'Privacy and Terms of Use': 'The content in Gemini Notebook will not be used to directly train our foundational AI models, unless you choose to provide feedback.' With thumbs up/down feedback, prompts, sources, uploads and outputs are reviewed by trained teams and used to improve products and machine-learning technologies. Data that Gemini Notebook shares with other Google services (e.g. the Gemini app) is used according to their notices, 'including for product improvement'. | Plans page: 'Your data is protected, and is not used to train Gemini Notebook unless you provide feedback.' With feedback, the full context (queries, uploads, responses) may be reviewed. Help 'Privacy and Terms of Use': no direct use for training the foundational models without feedback; data shared with other Google services is used according to their notices, including for product improvement. | Workspace Privacy Hub: 'your uploads, queries and the model's responses in Gemini Notebook will not be reviewed by human reviewers, and will not otherwise be used to train generative AI models.' Help: no human review and no training even with thumbs up/down feedback. | Plans page (Upgrading via Google Cloud): 'all files, chats and model outputs won't be reviewed by human reviewers or used to improve generative AI models.' |
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | not publicly documented | Workspace Privacy Hub: prompts and… | not publicly documented |
| Details: Data retention | not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account (users can delete notes; deleted notes cannot be recovered). Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account. | not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account. Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account. | Workspace Privacy Hub: prompts and responses in Gemini Notebook 'Not retained after session ends'; uploaded files and notebooks follow section 6 (Data Deletion) of the Cloud Data Processing Addendum, users can delete them or export them via Takeout. CDPA sections 6.1/6.2: deletion within a maximum of 180 days after a deletion instruction or after the end of the contract (plus a recovery period of up to 30 days). | not publicly documentedas a product-specific period; data is held in the customer's Cloud project. CDPA sections 6.1/6.2: deletion within a maximum of 180 days after a deletion instruction or after the end of the contract (plus a recovery period of up to 30 days). |
| differs by plan | mixed | mixed | not publicly documented | EU option |
| Details: Hosting | Gemini Notebook Enterprise documentation (comparison table): with the personal Gemini Notebook, users cannot specify data residency ('Users can't specify'). Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Google Privacy Policy, Data transfer frameworks). Google Privacy Policy (Data transfer frameworks): 'We maintain servers around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live.' A storage location specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented. | As Standard: data residency cannot be selected for personal accounts (Enterprise documentation); Google LLC certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Google Privacy Policy (Data transfer frameworks): 'We maintain servers around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live.' A storage location specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented. | not publicly documented: Workspace Privacy Hub: 'Your organization's file sharing and data region settings do not apply to data in Gemini Notebook.' Workspace Admin Help 'Data covered by data regions': Data Regions are not supported for Gemini Notebook. The pages do not name a storage location. Sources added from Drive are stored as a copy with the Gemini Notebook data. | Enterprise documentation: data stays in the customer's Google Cloud project; Gemini Notebook Enterprise is available in the 'eu' and 'us' multi-regions and 'global', with data residency commitments for storage (at rest) and ML processing depending on the location; for data in the EU, licences from an 'eu' subscription are required. Google recommends 'global' if there are no regulatory reasons for a region. |
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Price and scope
- differs by plan
- 0 EUR
EUR 0 with a Google Account (subscriptions page gemini.google, German version)
- yes
yes (notebooks with own sources, chat, audio and video overviews, mind maps, reports, flashcards, infographics, slides; 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook)
Contract and data use
- differs by plan
- no
no (the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy apply; no DPA)
- no
Help 'Privacy and Terms of Use': 'The content in Gemini Notebook will not be used to directly train our foundational AI models, unless you choose to provide feedback.' With thumbs up/down feedback, prompts, sources, uploads and outputs are reviewed by trained teams and used to improve products and machine-learning technologies. Data that Gemini Notebook shares with other Google services (e.g. the Gemini app) is used according to their notices, 'including for product improvement'.
- differs by plan
- not publicly documented
- not publicly documentedfor sources, notebooks and chats in the personal account (users can delete notes; deleted notes cannot be recovered). Reviewed feedback including content is retained for up to 3 years, disconnected from the Google Account.
Hosting and sharing
- differs by plan
- mixed
Gemini Notebook Enterprise documentation (comparison table): with the personal Gemini Notebook, users cannot specify data residency ('Users can't specify'). Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Google Privacy Policy, Data transfer frameworks). Google Privacy Policy (Data transfer frameworks): 'We maintain servers around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live.' A storage location specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented.
- list available
- not publicly documented (no sub-processor list for consumer services; feedback is reviewed by 'specially trained teams')
Evidence
- differs by plan
- 7 sources
- Privacy and Terms of Use in Gemini Notebook (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? (Google Cloud Documentation)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Frequently asked questions (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google AI plans / Gemini Subscriptions (German version, EUR)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Terms of Service (Effective July 30, 2026)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Privacy Policy: Data transfer frameworksPrivacy policy, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
Third-country transfers
Google Privacy Policy, Data transfer frameworks: Google LLC (and US subsidiaries) is certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and the UK Extension. Cloud Data Processing Addendum (Workspace and Google Cloud): for transfers an 'Alternative Transfer Solution' or standard contractual clauses. Workspace sub-processors for technical support also process outside the EU (including the US and India). No data region can be selected for personal accounts and Workspace; for Gemini Notebook Enterprise the 'eu' multi-region is available.
- Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub (Last updated October 6, 2026) (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Workspace Data Regions: Data covered by data regions (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google AI plans / Gemini Subscriptions (German version, EUR) (Pricing page), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Cloud Data Processing Addendum (Last modified June 8, 2026) (DPA), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Google Cloud Subprocessors (Sub-processor list), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Certifications (as stated by the provider)
Workspace Privacy Hub: 'At this stage Gemini Notebook does not support ISO, SOC, or FedRAMP compliance and is not covered by the Google Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for HIPAA compliance.' Accordingly, the certifications named for 'Gemini' (SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, 27701, 27017, 27018, 42001) do not apply to Gemini Notebook. For Gemini Notebook Enterprise the plans page mentions 'enterprise-grade data protection'; specific certifications not reviewed.
- What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? (Google Cloud Documentation) (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub (Last updated October 6, 2026) (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
AI Act
Functions: Summarising and analysing uploaded sources (PDF, Docs, Slides, web, YouTube, audio, images), chat with source references, generation of audio and video overviews, reports, mind maps, flashcards, quizzes, infographics and slides; generated images/videos with SynthID watermarks (help, plans page).
Provider’s statement: Workspace Privacy Hub: 'Google is committed to compliance with all applicable laws. Google is signing the European Union's General Purpose AI Code of Practice.' Requirements are to be integrated into existing policies and practices. Plans page: outputs generated with Veo, Omni or Nano Banana contain invisible SynthID watermarks, images and videos also a visible watermark (can be switched off with Pro/Ultra). A role allocation specific to Gemini Notebook is not documented.
Classification (for review, not legal advice): For review: customer typically deployer (Art. 3(4) AI Act); observe the AI literacy obligation under Art. 4. Review Art. 50 when publishing AI-generated content (e.g. audio or video overviews); note the visible watermark that can be switched off with Pro/Ultra. Not legal advice.
- Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans (Gemini Notebook Help) (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub (Last updated October 6, 2026) (Documentation), retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Current notes 2026
NotebookLM is now called Gemini Notebook; NotebookLM Enterprise is now called Gemini Notebook Enterprise (subscription name unchanged). Gemini Notebook is a core service for Workspace and Workspace for Education. According to the Workspace Privacy Hub (as of 6 October 2026), there is as yet no ISO, SOC or FedRAMP coverage and no Data Regions for Gemini Notebook.
Provider structure
NotebookLM was renamed Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM Enterprise to Gemini Notebook Enterprise; the subscription name remains 'NotebookLM Enterprise'). Three contractual routes with different terms: personal Google Account (Google Terms of Service, free or with Google AI Plus/Pro/Ultra), Google Workspace or Workspace for Education (Gemini Notebook as a core service under the Workspace contract including the Cloud Data Processing Addendum) and Gemini Notebook Enterprise via Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform Terms of Service).
Open points of the review
- Retention period of sources, notebooks and chats in personal accounts not publicly documented.
- Storage location for Gemini Notebook in personal accounts and in Workspace not documented; Data Regions do not apply.
- No certifications of its own for Gemini Notebook (according to the Workspace Privacy Hub); not individually evidenced for Gemini Notebook Enterprise.
- Contradictory information on the trial period of Gemini Notebook Enterprise (product page 30 days, licensing documentation 14 days).
- Contracting entity for Workspace and Google Cloud in the EEA not read on the pages retrieved.
Frequently asked questions
Where does Gemini Notebook store data?
mixed (plans: Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account)); not publicly documented (plans: Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus)); EU hosting selectable (plans: Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud)). Based on our research, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Is there a DPA for Gemini Notebook?
no in: Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account); yes in: Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus), Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud). According to the provider, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Does Gemini Notebook use inputs for AI training?
no in: Gemini Notebook Standard (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (personal Google Account), Gemini Notebook in Google Workspace (Business Starter / Standard / Plus), Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud). According to the provider, as of 18 Oct 2026.
Where is the provider based?
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; contracting entity for Workspace and Google Cloud not read on the pages retrieved. According to the provider, as of 18 Oct 2026.
All sources
- 01Privacy and Terms of Use in Gemini Notebook (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 02Learn about Gemini Notebook's plans (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 03What is Gemini Notebook Enterprise? (Google Cloud Documentation)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 04Frequently asked questions (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 05Use Gemini Notebook with a work or school Google account (Gemini Notebook Help)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 06Generative AI in Google Workspace Privacy Hub (Last updated October 6, 2026)Documentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 07Google Workspace Data Regions: Data covered by data regionsDocumentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 08Google Workspace pricing (German version, EUR)Pricing page · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 09Google AI plans / Gemini Subscriptions (German version, EUR)Pricing page · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 10Google Terms of Service (Effective July 30, 2026)Terms and conditions · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 11Cloud Data Processing Addendum (Last modified June 8, 2026)DPA · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 12Google Workspace Third-Party SubprocessorsSub-processor list · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 13Data residency for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus Editions and Gemini Notebook EnterpriseDocumentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 14Google Privacy Policy: Data transfer frameworksPrivacy policy · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 15Gemini Notebook Enterprise (Google Cloud product page)Pricing page · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 16Google Cloud SubprocessorsSub-processor list · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- 17Get licenses for Gemini Notebook EnterpriseDocumentation · retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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Further reading
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