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Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters) has moderate defaults; Gemini Code Assist (Google) carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: GEMINI CODE ASSIST (GOOGLE) NOT RECOMMENDED · WESTLAW AI (THOMSON REUTERS) ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
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“ You also agree that our Privacy Policy applies to your use of our services. We also provide resources like the Copyright Help Center , Safety Center , Transparency Center , and descriptions of our technologies from our policies site to answer common questions and to set expectat…”
“ Personal information in content and communications uploaded, sent, shared, or inputted through our Services or via our networks and infrastructure, including feedback you provide to us and the content of communications between you and us or sent via our network and Services — in…”
“ Some of our services include content that belongs to Google — for example, many of the visual illustrations you see in Google Maps. You may use Google’s content as allowed by these terms and any service-specific additional terms , but we retain any intellectual property rights t…”
“ All content provided on this site is owned by or licensed to Thomson Reuters and/or its affiliates (the "Thomson Reuters Content") and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Thomson Reuters and its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the Thomson Reut…”
“This license is for the limited purpose of: operating and improving the services , which means allowing the services to work as designed and creating new features and functionalities. This includes using automated systems and algorithms to analyze your content: for spam, malware…”
The 'developing new technologies and services' purpose, combined with 'improving the services' and pattern recognition via automated systems, effectively authorizes use of user content for model/AI development without explicit opt-out for most users.
“using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology”
Google expressly prohibits users from using Google's AI-generated outputs to train competing ML models or AI technology. This is a significant restriction on commercial use of outputs in AI/ML development contexts.
“Thomson Reuters grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site, subject to the Terms. This site and any portion hereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose withou…”
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“ (ii) does not result in a material reduction of the”
“Demographic information Age; date of birth; marriage status; gender; physical characteristics; military status; political, religious, or philosophical beliefs; sexual orientation; racial or ethnic origin; and union membershi”
TR collects special categories of personal data under GDPR Article 9 (political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial/ethnic origin, union membership), which require explicit legal bases and heightened protections.
“ https://cloud.google.com/terms/direct-tos-exemptions for the applicable Services, these terms do not apply to you, unless you and Google agree otherwise in writing. If you become exempt from these terms after the Effective Date, this will not affect any liability arising be…”