Workflow & Automation · labs.googleGoogle CC
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“Some of our services allow you to generate original content. Google won’t claim ownership over that content. Some of our services give you the opportunity to make your content publicly available — for example, you might post a product or restaurant review that you wrote, or you might upload a blog post that you created. See the Permission to use your…”
Partially verified: Terms of Service assessed · Privacy Policy pending. Everything below comes only from what was read in full.
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Caps Google's total aggregate liability arising from or relating to these terms at the greater of $200 or the fees paid by the user in the 12 months preceding the dispute, establishing a quantitative ceiling on recoverable damages.
Clarifies that these terms do not restrict statutory rights users hold by law, do not create third-party beneficiary rights, and that service-specific additional terms prevail in cases of conflict, preserving the hierarchy of applicable contractual documents.
Establishes a procedural obligation for Google to provide advance notice, explain the reason for action, and give users an opportunity to address issues before taking enforcement action, subject to enumerated exceptions where such notice would cause harm, violate law, or compromise investigations or service integrity.
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- Your outputs and prompts are explicitly yours — Google CC's terms include affirmatively protective IP language.
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Prohibits users from copying, modifying, distributing, selling, or leasing any part of Google's services or software, limiting commercial exploitation of Google's platform beyond the narrow personal, non-assignable license granted.
" Finally, some of our services give you access to content that belongs to other people or organizations — for example, a store owner’s description of their own business, or a newspaper article displayed in Google News. You may not use this ..."
This segment grants users conditional permission to access and use Google's services, defines the parties ('Google,' 'we,' 'us,' 'our' meaning Google LLC and its affiliates), and establishes that compliance with the terms is the condition precedent to the permission, while also noting Google's commercial business model as the basis for the terms.
" These terms help define the relationship between you and Google. When we speak of “Google,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” we mean Google LLC and its affiliates . Broadly speaking, we give you permission to access and use our services if you agree..."
Establishes California law as the exclusive governing law for all disputes arising from these terms regardless of conflict-of-laws principles, and mandates exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, with both parties consenting to personal jurisdiction there.
" Without limiting any of our other rights, Google may suspend or terminate your access to the services or delete your Google Account if any of these things happen: you materially or repeatedly breach these terms, service-specific additiona..."
Section header introducing the definitions section, which provides legally operative meanings for terms used throughout the agreement.
" By law, you have certain rights that can’t be limited by a contract like these terms of service. These terms are in no way intended to restrict those rights. These terms describe the relationship between you and Google. They don’t create ..."
Caps Google's total aggregate liability arising from or relating to these terms at the greater of $200 or the fees paid by the user in the 12 months preceding the dispute, establishing a quantitative ceiling on recoverable damages.
" Both the law and these terms try to strike a balance as to what you or Google can claim from the other in case of problems. That’s why the law requires everyone to be responsible for certain liabilities — but not others — under these terms..."
Establishes a procedural obligation for Google to provide advance notice, explain the reason for action, and give users an opportunity to address issues before taking enforcement action, subject to enumerated exceptions where such notice would cause harm, violate law, or compromise investigations or service integrity.
" If you’re a business user or organization : To the extent allowed by applicable law, you’ll indemnify Google and its directors, officers, employees, and contractors for any third-party legal proceedings (including actions by government au..."
Sub-heading identifying that the indemnification obligation described below applies exclusively to business users and organizational users, not consumers.
" Google’s total liability arising out of or relating to these terms is limited to the greater of (1) $200 or (2) the fees paid to use the relevant services in the 12 months before the dispute"
Clause B states that user permission to access services continues as long as they comply with terms, but Clause A allows for termination due to legal requirements or court orders, which could occur even if the user is fully compliant with the terms.
" Without limiting any of our other rights, Google may suspend or terminate your access to the services or delete your Google Account if any of these things happen: you materially or repeatedly breach these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies we’re required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order your conduct causes harm or liability to a user, third party, or Google — for example, by hacking, phishing, harassing, spamming, misleading others, or scraping content that doesn’t belong to you For more information about why we disable accounts and what happens when we do, see this Help Center page . If you believe your Google Account has been suspended or terminated in error, you can appeal . Of course, you’re always free to stop using our services at any time. If you do stop using a service, we’d appreciate knowing why so that we can continue improving our services."
" The permission we give you to access and use our services continues as long as you comply with: these terms service-specific additional terms , which could, for example, include things like additional age requirements"
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" Both the law and these terms try to strike a balance as to what you or Google can claim from the other in case of problems. That’s why the law requires everyone to be responsible for certain liabilities — but not others — under these terms. These terms only limit our responsibilities as allowed by applicable law. These terms don’t limit liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the extent allowed by applicable law: Google is liable only for its breaches of these terms or applicable service-specific additional terms Google isn’t liable for: loss of profits, revenues, business opportunities, goodwill, or anticipated savings indirect or consequential losses punitive damages"
Caps Google's total aggregate liability arising from or relating to these terms at the greater of $200 or the fees paid by the user in the 12 months preceding the dispute, establishing a quantitative ceiling on recoverable damages.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Without limiting any of our other rights, Google may suspend or terminate your access to the services or delete your Google Account if any of these things happen: you materially or repeatedly breach these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies we’re required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order your conduct causes harm or liability to a user, third party, or Google — for example, by hacking, phishing, harassing, spamming, misleading others, or scraping content that doesn’t belong to you For more information about why we disable accounts and what happens when we do, see this Help Center page . If you believe your Google Account has been suspended or terminated in error, you can appeal . Of course, you’re always free to stop using our services at any time. If you do stop using a service, we’d appreciate knowing why so that we can continue improving our services."
Establishes California law as the exclusive governing law for all disputes arising from these terms regardless of conflict-of-laws principles, and mandates exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, with both parties consenting to personal jurisdiction there.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Many organizations , such as businesses, non-profits, and schools, take advantage of our services . To use our services on behalf of an organization: an authorized representative of that organization must agree to these terms your organization’s administrator may assign a Google Account to you. That administrator might require you to follow additional rules and may be able to access or disable your Google Account."
Establishes obligations specific to organizational use: an authorized representative must agree to terms, and the administrator may impose additional rules, access, or disable accounts, creating a tiered governance structure for business vs. individual users.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" If any of your content (1) breaches these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies , (2) violates applicable law, or (3) could harm our users, third parties, or Google, then we reserve the right to take down some or all of that content in accordance with applicable law. Examples include child pornography, content that facilitates human trafficking or harassment, terrorist content, and content that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights ."
Grants Google the right to suspend or terminate user access to services or delete Google Accounts upon material or repeated breach of terms, compliance with legal requirements, or conduct causing harm or liability, and cross-references additional information about account disabling.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We’re constantly developing new technologies and features to improve our services. For example, we use artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide you with simultaneous translations, and to better detect and block spam and malware. As part of this continual improvement, we sometimes add or remove features and functionalities, increase or decrease limits to our services, and start offering new services or stop offering old ones. When a service requires or includes downloadable or preloaded software, that software sometimes updates automatically on your device once a new version or feature is available. Some services let you adjust your automatic update settings. If we make material changes that negatively impact your use of our services or if we stop offering a service, we’ll provide you with reasonable advance notice, except in urgent situations such as preventing abuse, responding to legal requirements, or addressing security and operability issues. We’ll also provide you with an opportunity to export your content from your Google Account using Google Takeout, subject to applicable law and policies."
This segment grants Google the right to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve its services, and establishes Google's permission to add, remove, or modify service features and to automatically update software on user devices, constituting a unilateral right to alter services and use automated systems including AI/ML on service data.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" By law, you have certain rights that can’t be limited by a contract like these terms of service. These terms are in no way intended to restrict those rights. These terms describe the relationship between you and Google. They don’t create any legal rights for other people or organizations , even if others benefit from that relationship under these terms. We want to make these terms easy to understand, so we’ve used examples from our services . But not all services mentioned may be available in your country. If these terms conflict with the service-specific additional terms , the additional terms will govern for that service. If it turns out that a particular term is not valid or enforceable, this will not affect any other terms. If you don’t follow these terms or the service-specific additional terms , and we don’t take action right away, that doesn’t mean we’re giving up any rights that we may have, such as taking action in the future. We may update these terms and service-specific additional terms (1) to reflect changes in our services or how we do business — for example, when we add new services, features, technologies, pricing, or benefits (or remove old ones), (2) for legal, regulatory, or security reasons, or (3) to prevent abuse or harm. If we materially change these terms or service-specific additional terms , we’ll provide you with reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to review the changes, except (1) when we launch a new service or feature, or (2) in urgent situations, such as preventing ongoing abuse or responding to legal requirements. "
Section header introducing the definitions section, which provides legally operative meanings for terms used throughout the agreement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" If you’re a business user or organization : To the extent allowed by applicable law, you’ll indemnify Google and its directors, officers, employees, and contractors for any third-party legal proceedings (including actions by government authorities) arising out of or relating to your unlawful use of the services or violation of these terms or service-specific additional terms . This indemnity covers any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, judgments, fines, litigation costs, and legal fees. If you’re legally exempt from certain responsibilities, including indemnification , then those responsibilities don’t apply to you under these terms. For example, the United Nations enjoys certain immunities from legal obligations and these terms don’t override those immunities."
Establishes a procedural obligation for Google to provide advance notice, explain the reason for action, and give users an opportunity to address issues before taking enforcement action, subject to enumerated exceptions where such notice would cause harm, violate law, or compromise investigations or service integrity.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Google’s total liability arising out of or relating to these terms is limited to the greater of (1) $200 or (2) the fees paid to use the relevant services in the 12 months before the dispute"
Sub-heading identifying that the indemnification obligation described below applies exclusively to business users and organizational users, not consumers.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" For information about how to contact Google, please visit our contact page . California law will govern all disputes arising out of or relating to these terms, service-specific additional terms , or any related services , regardless of conflict of laws rules. These disputes will be resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, USA, and you and Google consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts."
Clarifies that these terms do not restrict statutory rights users hold by law, do not create third-party beneficiary rights, and that service-specific additional terms prevail in cases of conflict, preserving the hierarchy of applicable contractual documents.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" 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 that we have in our content. Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any of our branding, logos, or legal notices. If you want to use our branding or logos, please see the Google Brand Permissions page."
Restricts users from removing or altering Google branding, logos, or legal notices, and limits use of Google's content to what is permitted under these terms and service-specific additional terms, while confirming Google retains all intellectual property rights in its content.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" 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 expectations about using our services. Finally, we may provide specific instructions and warnings within our services – such as dialog boxes that alert you to important information. Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights we have in the services."
This segment restricts users by confirming Google retains all intellectual property rights in its services notwithstanding the permission to use them, and incorporates additional legal instruments (Privacy Policy, Copyright Help Center, Safety Center, Transparency Center) as binding or relevant standards governing use, establishing the boundary of the license granted to users.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Finally, some of our services give you access to content that belongs to other people or organizations — for example, a store owner’s description of their own business, or a newspaper article displayed in Google News. You may not use this content without that person or organization’s permission, or as otherwise allowed by law. The views expressed in other people or organizations’ content are theirs, and don’t necessarily reflect Google’s views."
Prohibits users from copying, modifying, distributing, selling, or leasing any part of Google's services or software, limiting commercial exploitation of Google's platform beyond the narrow personal, non-assignable license granted.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" If you’re under the age required to manage your own Google Account , you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use a Google Account. Please have your parent or legal guardian read these terms with you. If you’re a parent or legal guardian, and you allow your child to use the services , then these terms apply to you and you’re responsible for your child’s activity on the services. Some Google services have additional age requirements as described in their service-specific additional terms and policies ."
This segment imposes restrictions and obligations based on user age: minors must have parental/guardian permission to use a Google Account; parents/guardians who permit use accept the terms and assume responsibility for their child's activity; and it incorporates service-specific age requirements by reference, creating tiered obligations based on user age and account status.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Most people who access or use our services understand the general rules that keep the internet safe and open. Unfortunately, a small number of people don’t respect those rules, so we’re describing them here to protect our services and users from abuse. In that spirit: You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems — for example, by: introducing malware spamming, hacking, or bypassing our systems or protective measures jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, or prompt injection, except as part of our safety and bug testing programs accessing or using our services or content in fraudulent or deceptive ways, such as: phishing creating fake accounts or content, including fake reviews misleading others into thinking that generative AI content was created by a human providing services that appear to originate from you (or someone else) when they actually originate from us providing services that appear to originate from us when they do not using our services (including the content they provide) to violate anyone’s legal rights, such as intellectual property or privacy rights reverse engineering our services or underlying technology, such as our machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information, except as allowed by applicable law using automated means to access content from any of our services in violation of the machine-readable instructions on our web pages (for example, robots.txt files that disallow crawling, training, or other activities) using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms providing services that encourage others to violate these terms"
This segment imposes specific restrictions on users prohibiting them from abusing, harming, interfering with, or disrupting Google's services or systems, and enumerates prohibited conduct including introducing malware, spamming, hacking, bypassing protective measures, jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, and prompt injection (except in authorized safety/bug testing programs), establishing enforceable use restrictions.
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" Things that you create, upload, submit, store, send, receive, or share using our services, such as:"
Defines 'your content' as things created, uploaded, submitted, stored, sent, received, or shared using Google services — establishing the scope of user content subject to licensing, ownership, and data-use provisions throughout the agreement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Rights over the creations of a person’s mind, such as inventions (patent rights); literary and artistic works (copyright); designs (design rights); and symbols, names, and images used in commerce (trademarks). IP rights may belong to you, another individual, or an organization."
Defines 'intellectual property rights' broadly to include patents, copyright, design rights, and trademarks, establishing the scope of IP rights that may belong to users, individuals, or organizations — foundational to ownership and licensing provisions in the agreement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" A legal right that allows the creator of an original work (such as a blog post, photo, or video) to decide if and how that original work may be used by others, subject to certain limitations and exceptions (such as “fair use” and “fair dealing”)."
Defines 'copyright' as a legal right allowing creators to control use of original works, subject to limitations like fair use — foundational to understanding IP ownership rights and restrictions in the agreement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Some of our services allow you to generate original content. Google won’t claim ownership over that content. Some of our services give you the opportunity to make your content publicly available — for example, you might post a product or restaurant review that you wrote, or you might upload a blog post that you created. See the Permission to use your content section for more about your rights in your content , and how your content is used in our services See the Removing your content section to learn why and how we might remove user-generated content from our services If you think someone is infringing your intellectual property rights , you can send us notice of the infringement and we’ll take appropriate action. For example, we suspend or close the Google Accounts of repeat copyright infringers as described in our Copyright Help Center ."
Affirms that Google will not claim ownership over user-generated content, establishing the user's retained ownership right, while cross-referencing the permission-to-use and content-removal sections that govern how Google may nevertheless use or remove that content.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
Common questions about Google CC's policies
- Who owns the content you create with Google CC?
- You own your outputs — based on 1 verified finding from Google CC's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
- Can you use Google CC's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — based on 1 verified finding from Google CC's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Google CC's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
5 verified clausesClauses in Google CC's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“By law, you have certain rights that can’t be limited by a contract like these terms of service. These terms are in no way intended to restrict those rights. These terms describe the relationship between you and Google. They don’t create any legal rights for…”
Section header introducing the definitions section, which provides legally operative meanings for terms used throughout the agreement.
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Terms of Service › “About these terms”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“We’re constantly developing new technologies and features to improve our services. For example, we use artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide you with simultaneous translations, and to better detect and block spam and malware. As part of this…”
This segment grants Google the right to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve its services, and establishes Google's permission to add, remove, or modify service features and to automatically update…
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Terms of Service › “Develop, improve, and update Google services”Jump to exact text → - Output ownership
“Some of our services allow you to generate original content. Google won’t claim ownership over that content. Some of our services give you the opportunity to make your content publicly available — for example, you might post a product or restaurant review tha…”
Affirms that Google will not claim ownership over user-generated content, establishing the user's retained ownership right, while cross-referencing the permission-to-use and content-removal sections that govern how Googl…
📍 Terms of Service › “Your content”Jump to exact text → - Indemnity & liabilitydamages/liability cap
“Both the law and these terms try to strike a balance as to what you or Google can claim from the other in case of problems. That’s why the law requires everyone to be responsible for certain liabilities — but not others — under these terms. These terms only l…”
Caps Google's total aggregate liability arising from or relating to these terms at the greater of $200 or the fees paid by the user in the 12 months preceding the dispute, establishing a quantitative ceiling on recoverab…
📍 Terms of Service › “For all users”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“Before taking action as described below, we’ll provide you with advance notice when reasonably possible, describe the reason for our action, and give you an opportunity to clarify the issue and address it, unless doing so would: cause harm or liability to a u…”
Reserves Google's right to remove user content that breaches terms or policies, violates applicable law, or could harm users, third parties, or Google, with examples including child pornography, human trafficking facilit…
📍 Terms of Service › “Taking action in case of problems”Jump to exact text →
📋 Rules you must follow
4 verified clausesWhat Google CC requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“Most people who access or use our services understand the general rules that keep the internet safe and open. Unfortunately, a small number of people don’t respect those rules, so we’re describing them here to protect our services and users from abuse. In that…”
This segment imposes specific restrictions on users prohibiting them from abusing, harming, interfering with, or disrupting Google's services or systems, and enumerates prohibited conduct including introducing malware, s…
📍 Terms of Service › “Don’t abuse our services”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“We want to maintain a respectful environment for everyone, which means you must follow these basic rules of conduct: comply with applicable laws, including export control, sanctions, and human trafficking laws respect the rights of others, including privacy a…”
This segment imposes affirmative conduct obligations on users, including compliance with applicable laws (export control, sanctions, human trafficking), respect for others' privacy and intellectual property rights, and p…
📍 Terms of Service › “Respect others”Jump to exact text → - Prompt ownership
“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 intellectua…”
Restricts users from removing or altering Google branding, logos, or legal notices, and limits use of Google's content to what is permitted under these terms and service-specific additional terms, while confirming Google…
📍 Terms of Service › “Google content”Jump to exact text → - Commercial use
“Finally, some of our services give you access to content that belongs to other people or organizations — for example, a store owner’s description of their own business, or a newspaper article displayed in Google News. You may not use this content without that…”
Prohibits users from copying, modifying, distributing, selling, or leasing any part of Google's services or software, limiting commercial exploitation of Google's platform beyond the narrow personal, non-assignable licen…
📍 Terms of Service › “Other content”Jump to exact text →
What the policies actually cover
6 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking1 clause
- Children's data1 clause
- Damages & liability cap1 protective2 clauses
- Indemnity direction1 clause
- Terms can change at any time2 protective3 clauses
- Conduct restrictions1 obligation1 clause
23 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause restricts commercial use.
“An individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside of their trade, business, craft, or profession. (See business user)”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“An individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside of their trade, business, craft, or profession. (See business user)”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“This license allows Google to: host, reproduce, distribute, communicate, and use your content — for example, to save your content on our systems and make it accessible from anywhere you go publish, publicly perform, or publicly display your content, if you’ve made it visible to others modify and create derivative works based on your content, such as reformatting or translating it sublicense these rights to: other ...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“This license allows Google to: host, reproduce, distribute, communicate, and use your content — for example, to save your content on our systems and make it accessible from anywhere you go publish, publicly perform, or publicly display your content, if you’ve made it visible to others modify and create derivative works based on your content, such as reformatting or translating it sublicense these rights to: other ...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“Some of our services include downloadable or preloaded software. We give you permission to use that software as part of the services. The license we give you is: worldwide, which means it’s valid anywhere in the world non-exclusive, which means that we can license the software to others royalty-free, which means there are no monetary fees for this license personal, which means it doesn’t extend to anyone else non-...”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | data retention | worsens | HIGH | 6 |
| All applicable tiers | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | moderation enforcement | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | output ownership | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | prompt ownership | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | subprocessors data sharing | worsens | HIGH | 6 |
| All applicable tiers | training use | worsens | HIGH | 3 |
| Free | commercial use | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| Free | output ownership | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Free | prompt ownership | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on subprocessors data sharing
“This license allows Google to: host, reproduce, distribute, communicate, and use your content — for example, to save your content on our systems and make it accessible from anywhere you go publish, publicly perform, or publicly display your content, if you’ve made it visible to others modify and create derivative works based on your content, such as reformatting or translating it sublicense these rights to: other users to allow the services to work as designed, such as enabling you to share photos with people you choose our contractors who’ve signed agreements with us that are consistent with these terms, only for the limited purposes described in the Purpose section below”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing
“Before taking action as described below, we’ll provide you with advance notice when reasonably possible, describe the reason for our action, and give you an opportunity to clarify the issue and address it, unless doing so would: cause harm or liability to a user, third party, or Google violate the law or a legal enforcement authority’s order compromise an investigation compromise the operation, integrity, or security of our services”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use
“If you have a Google Account, we associate your account with a country (or territory) so that we can determine: the Google affiliate that provides the services to you and that processes your information as you use the services the version of the terms that govern our relationship When you’re signed out, your country version is determined by the location where you’re using Google services. If you have an account, you can sign in and view these terms to see the country associated with it.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on data retention
“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 expectations about using our services. Finally, we may provide specific instructions and warnings within our services – such as dialog boxes that alert you to important information. Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights we have in the services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: user retains rights on data retention
“Your content remains yours, which means that you retain any intellectual property rights that you have in your content. For example, you have intellectual property rights in the creative content you make, such as reviews you write. Or you may have the right to share someone else’s creative content if they’ve given you their permission. We need your permission if your intellectual property rights restrict our use of your content. You provide Google with that permission through this license.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on data retention
“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 that we have in our content. Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any of our branding, logos, or legal notices. If you want to use our branding or logos, please see the Google Brand Permissions page.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on subprocessors data sharing
“If any of your content (1) breaches these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies , (2) violates applicable law, or (3) could harm our users, third parties, or Google, then we reserve the right to take down some or all of that content in accordance with applicable law. Examples include child pornography, content that facilitates human trafficking or harassment, terrorist content, and content that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights .”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“We built our reputation on providing useful, reliable services like Google Search and Maps, and we’re continuously improving our services to meet your needs. However, for legal purposes, we offer our services without warranties unless explicitly stated in our service-specific additional terms . The law requires that we explain this using specific legal language and that we use capital letters to help make sure you see it, as follows: TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE PROVIDE OUR SERVICES “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON’T MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ABOUT THE CONTENT OR FEATURES OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THEIR ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. DON’T RELY ON THE SERVICES FOR MEDICAL, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. ANY CONTENT REGARDING THOSE TOPICS IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ADVICE FROM A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL.”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-07-20
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-07-10· verified 2026-07-10
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↑ 55 more findings this quarter vs last (99 vs 44). First scan: June 2026.
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