Not associated with your Google Account doesn't mean isn't tracked, kept, or otherwise used.
It references their general Google privacy policy to show how they use information about you. The same privacy policy that allows them to stalk you across the world.
Also even if they didn't, Google has a monopoly over search engines, so this just vertical integration. It would be like Microsoft saying "we don't spy on OneDrive, but Google spies on Google Drive!" while microsoft then spies using Windows it knows that 95% of users will have installed. Distinction without a difference IMO.