Although Google states that they can’t see your photos, they definitely need to add an exception for publicly shared ones in order to reduce these activities.,(reply>), Google also states that "the Google assistant isn't always listening to you, only when you say Ok Google does it listen". In my eyes, they are as credible when saying that they can't see your photos,(reply>), @Random dude I doubt very much that the father's 'life is ruined'. Google are being idiots about it though!,(reply>), Being illegal does not prevent a thing from being done. Especially if it can be done in secret with no oversight and no consequences.,(reply>), @Aaron Diaz They can't legally do anything with stored private files, only public (shared) ones.<br>You can store any movie you want in your Drive and it will only become a problem the moment you share it.,(reply>), @Random dude That's right. As Random Dude explained, they can view all the content you upload to their servers at any time because they store the encryption keys. If they haven't done anything already, it's because they don't want to.