google "Improvements to our Privacy Policy and Privacy Controls "

[arabella]

I've just received an email from, apparently, google, suggesting that they are updating their privacy policy etc.
Now, so far as I am aware I have never had a google account or gmail account precisely because it's google.
Have I slipped up somewhere or is something going on?

eg, it finishes with:
To learn more about these and other controls to manage your privacy, visit your Google Account<https://accounts.google.com/AccountChooser?Email=some.email@something.com&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmyaccount.google.com%2F%3Futm_source%3Dpp-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dglobal>.

[Ham]

Hover over the link and see if it REALLY links to google.com (obv. don't click)

If it is Google.com, the options are that it is either real or a complex piece of phishing, possibly including something linked in the images (which of course you aren't loading by default?)

[orienteer]

The link is to the Google login page.

Do you have an Android phone? If so I think it's difficult not to have a Google account.

[hubner]

I would expect Google to send such an email to the email address which is applicable to the privacy policy.

Why would they send it to a non-Google email address?

[fuaran]

It is possible to sign up for a Google account, without creating a Gmail address. So the account can be associated with another email address.

I have just received an email from Google about their privacy policy (to my Gmail address). With the GDPR coming in, a lot of companies are having to clarify their policies.

[Kim]

I would expect Google to send such an email to the email address which is applicable to the privacy policy.

Why would they send it to a non-Google email address?

I've received two of these.  One to my gmail address (which I use for gmail and android) and one to my proper email address, which presumably acquired a google account when they borged Youtube or something.

[arabella]

hmm.  Definitely never had  gmail, and I've never had an android device either.
which leaves something else meaning I have a google account, but I still don't know what.

so either google maps or youtube are the most likely option - except afaicr they both say sign in when I use them ... ?
or the fact that my mum has a gmail email means they nicked it off her.

[thing1]

The easiest way to find out if you have an account connected to your email addressis try and recover the password for it.
https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery

There's also an arm load of services that can be delivered by email even if you don't have a Google Account, such as https://www.google.co.uk/alerts , following Blogger pages, etc. So possibly you signed up to one of those without realizing.