Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2017
Google Docs impersonation phishing attack
Attackers distributed emails that appeared to be document-sharing invitations from known contacts. A fraudulent application using the name Google Docs requested account permissions and could access Gmail data and contacts. Google disabled the malicious accounts, removed associated pages, updated Safe Browsing protections, and investigated methods to prevent similar impersonation.
2017
Incorrect Terms of Service document flags
A Google server-side update mistakenly marked random documents as violating Google's Terms of Service. The company released a correction, but the episode raised concerns about automated inspection of cloud documents and the possibility of users losing access to important work without a clear explanation.