Google removes privacy assurance about on-device AI data from Chrome Settings without explanation

Google silently removed the sentence "without sending your data to Google servers" from the on-device AI toggle description in Chrome's Settings UI, after earlier asserting users could opt out of the 4 GB Gemini Nano model installation.

The toggle was moved from the System block to a dedicated section, visually decoupling it from surrounding device controls and reducing user visibility of the change.

The author identifies three possible explanations for the removal—each constituting a legal violation under GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Act, or the Digital Markets Act—and notes that removing a privacy assurance after consumers have acted on it compounds rather than cures deception.