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Taking on privacy & security engineering in Munich

GSEC Munich is Google’s global hub of privacy and security engineering in the heart of Europe. Established in 2019, it’s where 300+ dedicated engineers work to create products and tools that will help keep people everywhere safe online, and their information private and secure.

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A closer look at initiatives by

GSEC Munich

GSEC Munich develops products and tools that help keep millions of people safer online. These easy-to-use controls, built-in protection and open source technologies are designed to make best-in-class privacy and security equally available to all.

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GOOGLE ACCOUNT

Easy-to-use settings and controls

The Google Account helps you manage your info, privacy, and security to make Google work better for you across different products. Here you can find key transparency and control tools, like My Activity, which give you transparency over data collected from your activity across Google services.

You also find easy-to-use tools like the Privacy Checkup and the Security Checkup, which guide you through the most important privacy and security options. Controls like Activity Controls and Ad Settings allow you to decide what data is used to personalize your experience, so all of Google can work better for you.
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PASSWORD MANAGER

A safer way to manage your passwords

Our Password Manager, built directly into Chrome, Android and Chrome on iOS, is a safer way to protect all your accounts online. Your saved passwords are protected 24/7 by Google’s automated defenses and we’ll tell you if we find a site or app you’ve saved a password for has been compromised. Also, when signing up for a new site or app, Password Manager can automatically generate a unique complex password and at your next login it’s auto-filled for you.
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Meet the people behind GSEC Munich

Based in Munich but coming from Germany and beyond, GSEC Munich’s 300+ engineers work towards a safer internet for the whole world.

  • "We make sure users can choose the level of data collection they feel comfortable with – and give them tools to delete data if they wish to do so."

    Royal Hansen
    VP, Privacy, Safety, & Security Engineering

  • “Privacy and security are essential and highly personal; and both should be effortless to achieve.”

    Jan-Philipp Weber
    Software Engineering

  • “We aim to equip users with controls to determine data they feel comfortable sharing with Google and to choose how long they consider that data to be helpful. Intuitive designs make it simple for users to find, use, and manage their data and privacy preferences.”

    Elyse Bellamy
    Engineer Designer

  • “We want users to be in control of their online privacy and security without them having to worry about it. Users want to browse the internet, and we need to provide them with safe and reasonable default settings when they do so.”

    Jochen Eisinger
    Director of Engineering

  • “Everyone has a right to privacy regardless of resources or technical skill. Our goal is to build tools that enable everyone to choose what's right for them and what they're doing at that moment.”

    Audrey An
    Product Manager

  • “People should be able to browse the internet safely, while feeling in control of their experience. Strong default protections and easy-to-use privacy and security settings are the cornerstones of user safety online and our daily ambition.”

    Sabine Borsay
    Product Manager

Behind the scenes at the Google Safety Engineering Center

We speak to users around the world to understand their concerns about internet safety. We give our team of engineers space, inspiration and support to develop next-generation solutions to help improve safety online.

The future of privacy and

security, built at GSEC Munich

As part of our mission to build a safer, more trusted internet, Google's experts in Munich are working on technologies to change the future of internet safety for the better. Find out about some of the most exciting developments here.