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Vertex AI Inference (Google)

Graded against 804 verified platforms, from its own policy text. Automated assessment against a published rubric — not legal advice.

Overall riskHIGHReviewed 2026-08-10
Creator: low · GRC: low · Counsel: medium
creator band
Severe
enterprise · pending
Dealbreaker · Third-party sublicensing
Exhibit A · Terms of Service · verbatim

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

highest-risk verified finding on prompt ownership — tap for the citation
80 verified findings10 policy surfaces1/2 core docs verified

Partially verified: Terms of Service assessed · Privacy Policy pending. Everything below comes only from what was read in full.

Risk triage

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Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.

0
high
11
medium
69
low
1/2
docs
Trains on your data?
Not yet assessed
no verified finding covers this surface yet
Who owns outputs?
Not yet assessed
no verified finding covers this surface yet
Commercial use?
Commercial use allowed
from 1 cited finding
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Scores derived from 33 enriched findings — same verbatim citations as below. AI-generated, not legal advice.

What this means for you
  • Output and prompt ownership face material restrictions — 1 clause significantly limit your IP rights.

Derived from AI-enriched analysis of the verified findings below — informational only, not legal advice.

How to read this page: Overall risk rates what Vertex AI Inference (Google)'s own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.

Creator lens
Your prompts, your outputs, your IP
SEVERE
Dealbreaker — Third-party sublicensing. Rights in your content can be passed on to third parties beyond service operation. see the clause · and another

Based on 123 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.

Enterprise lens
NOT YET ASSESSED

privacy assessment pending — privacy policy not yet verified This lens receives a band only once its source document has been captured and read in full.

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Automated assessment against a published rubric — not legal advice.

Partially verifiedDeveloper / Coding

Partially verified — Terms of Service — Verified (read in full, 37 findings); Privacy Policy — Capture pending. Findings below are from fully-read, verified documents only; remaining core documents are pending capture.

Why partial?

Capture blocked

A known core policy document could not be publicly captured after the available capture strategies were tried.

Blocked core document: Privacy Policy

Document status
  • Terms of Service
    Verified - read in full - 37 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-10
  • Privacy Policy
    Capture blocked - document not publicly capturable
Tier conditions

Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.

plan language
Prompt / input ownership

Section heading 'License' introduces the licensing provisions that follow, incorporating the operative grant of rights from users to Google over user-submitted content.

" Some of our services are designed to let you upload, submit, store, send, receive, or share your content . You have no obligation to provide any content to our services and you’re free to choose the content that you want to provide. If you..."
📍 Terms of Service › “Permission to use your content”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Prompt / input ownership

Section heading 'Rights' introduces the enumeration of specific rights granted to Google under the content license, incorporating the operative rights grant in the following segment.

" This license is: worldwide, which means it’s valid anywhere in the world non-exclusive, which means you can license your content to others royalty-free, which means there are no monetary fees for this license"
📍 Terms of Service › “Scope”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Privacy & data use

Defines 'consumer' as an individual using Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes, distinguishing this user class from business users — a distinction that determines which rights, obligations, and protections apply under the terms.

" An individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside of their trade, business, craft, or profession. (See business user)"
📍 Terms of Service › “consumer”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Moderation & enforcement

Establishes the procedure for terminating the user relationship with Google, including removing content, closing the Google Account, and specifies that continued use of services without an account after closure is subject to the current version of the terms.

" 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 ..."
📍 Terms of Service › “About these terms”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Moderation & enforcement

This segment grants users conditional permission to access and use Google's services, defines 'Google' to include affiliates, and explains that the terms reflect how Google's business operates and generates revenue, establishing the commercial relationship and scope of permitted use.

" 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..."
📍 Terms of Service › “Your relationship with Google”Jump to exact text →
tier-specific
Tier differences

This segment references optional terms for customers who wish to become controllers of Service Data, incorporating a distinct legal regime governing data control rights, which includes training and processing restrictions on service data.

" Optional terms for Google Workspace for Education customers who wish to become controllers of Service Data"
📍 “Google Workspace for Education Service Data Addendum”Jump to exact text →
tier-specific
Tier differences

Specifies the permitted uses of the Places API for customers with EEA billing addresses, granting defined permissions and implicitly restricting uses not listed.

" Places API Permitted Uses for Customers with a billing address in the EEA"
📍 “European Economic Area (EEA) Places API Permitted Uses”Jump to exact text →
tier-specific
Tier differences

Segment defines Free Trial Terms and Conditions as supplemental terms for a limited free trial of Google Cloud Platform Services, establishing tier-specific obligations and restrictions distinct from paid tiers.

" Supplemental terms for limited free trial of Google Cloud Platform Services"
📍 “Free Trial Terms and Conditions”Jump to exact text →

Evidence appendix

Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.

High - 0
Medium - 11
Tier-specific - 4
Total citations - 80
Severity
Surface
Document
Tier
Prompt / input ownership
CautionHigh
" 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."
Terms of Service › “License”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Section heading 'What's covered' introduces the scope provision defining which content is subject to the license grant, incorporating the coverage definition in the following segment.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Prompt / input ownership
CautionHigh
" This license is: worldwide, which means it’s valid anywhere in the world non-exclusive, which means you can license your content to others royalty-free, which means there are no monetary fees for this license"
Terms of Service › “Scope”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Section heading 'Rights' introduces the enumeration of specific rights granted to Google under the content license, incorporating the operative rights grant in the following segment.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
"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"
Terms of Service › “Suspending or terminating your access to Google services”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

The termination triggers include both objective criteria (legal orders, material ToS breaches) and subjective ones ('causes harm or liability'). The phrase 'without limiting any of our other rights' also suggests additional enforcement mechanisms may exist. Account deletion (permanent) is included alongside suspension.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
"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."
Terms of Service › “Develop, improve, and update Google services”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
Permalink to this finding →
Automated analysis

The 'urgent situations' carve-out is broad and subjectively defined by Google, allowing unilateral service changes or cessation affecting users without prior notice. The term 'reasonable advance notice' in normal cases is also undefined.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
High
"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."
Terms of Service › “Warranty disclaimer”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

A full disclaimer of express and implied warranties means Google bears no responsibility if service outputs are inaccurate, unavailable, or unfit for purpose. The explicit carve-out for medical, legal, and financial advice is particularly relevant for AI platform use cases.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
High
" 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"
Terms of Service › “For all users”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Caps Google's total aggregate liability arising from the terms at the greater of $200 or fees paid in the prior 12 months, establishing a monetary ceiling on damages claimable against Google.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Commercial use
DealbreakerHigh
"using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology"
Terms of Service › “Don’t abuse our services”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause, listed under 'Don't abuse our services,' explicitly prohibits using AI-generated content from Google services to develop ML models or AI technology. This is a notable restriction on downstream commercial use of generated outputs, particularly relevant to API and business users.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
"If you don’t agree to the new terms, you should remove your content and stop using the services. You can also end your relationship with us at any time by closing your Google Account . If you close your Google Account and then access or use our services without an account, that access and use will be subject to the most current version of these terms."
Terms of Service › “About these terms”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Serves as a section heading introducing the definitions section of the terms, which provides legally operative meanings for terms used throughout the document.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
" 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."
Terms of Service › “Using Google services on behalf of an organization or business”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Establishes procedural requirements and obligations for using Google services on behalf of an organization, including authorization requirements, and grants administrators rights to assign, access, or disable accounts, differentiating organizational users from individual consumers.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
NeutralHigh
" 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."
Terms of Service › “Develop, improve, and update Google services”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment discloses that Google uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve services, and reserves the right to add or remove features, change limits, and automatically update software — establishing Google's permission to use user-facing systems for AI/ML improvement and unilaterally modify the service.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
" 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. "
Terms of Service › “About these terms”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
Permalink to this finding →
Automated analysis

Establishes the procedure for terminating the user relationship with Google, including removing content, closing the Google Account, and specifies that continued use of services without an account after closure is subject to the current version of the terms.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
High
" Losses from any type of legal claim, whether the claim is based on a contract, tort (including negligence), or other reason, and whether or not those losses could have been reasonably anticipated or foreseen."
Terms of Service › “liability”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Defines 'liability' to encompass losses from any legal claim — contractual, tortious, or otherwise — whether or not foreseeable, establishing the scope of liability limitations and disclaimers operative throughout the terms.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Prompt / input ownership
NeutralHigh
" 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."
Terms of Service › “Follow these terms and service-specific additional terms”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment requires users to comply with the Privacy Policy and various Google policies, and explicitly states that Google retains all intellectual property rights in its services despite granting users permission to use them, restricting users from claiming ownership over Google's service infrastructure.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
" 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"
Terms of Service › “Don’t abuse our services”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment enumerates specific prohibited activities including introducing malware, spamming, hacking, bypassing protective measures, jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, and prompt injection (with a narrow exception for authorized safety and bug testing), restricting users from interfering with service integrity.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
High
" 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 and intellectual property rights don’t abuse or harm others or yourself (or threaten or encourage such abuse or harm) — for example, by misleading, defrauding, illegally impersonating, defaming, bullying, harassing, or stalking others"
Terms of Service › “Respect others”Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment imposes specific conduct restrictions on users, prohibiting violations of applicable law (including export and sanctions laws), infringement of others' rights, and harmful or abusive behavior, as conditions of service use.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Tier differences
NeutralHigh
" Optional terms for Google Workspace for Education customers who wish to become controllers of Service Data"
“Google Workspace for Education Service Data Addendum”Jump to exact text →
Source: other- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment references optional terms for customers who wish to become controllers of Service Data, incorporating a distinct legal regime governing data control rights, which includes training and processing restrictions on service data.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Tier differences
NeutralHigh
" Places API Permitted Uses for Customers with a billing address in the EEA"
“European Economic Area (EEA) Places API Permitted Uses”Jump to exact text →
Source: other- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Specifies the permitted uses of the Places API for customers with EEA billing addresses, granting defined permissions and implicitly restricting uses not listed.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Tier differences
High
" Supplemental terms for limited free trial of Google Cloud Platform Services"
“Free Trial Terms and Conditions”Jump to exact text →
Source: other- Snapshot 2026-06-07- View source
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Automated analysis

Segment defines Free Trial Terms and Conditions as supplemental terms for a limited free trial of Google Cloud Platform Services, establishing tier-specific obligations and restrictions distinct from paid tiers.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Common questions about Vertex AI Inference (Google)'s policies

Can you use Vertex AI Inference (Google)'s output commercially?
Commercial use allowed — based on 1 verified finding from Vertex AI Inference (Google)'s published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.

Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage

Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Vertex AI Inference (Google)'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

3 verified clauses

Clauses in Vertex AI Inference (Google)'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…

    Establishes the procedure for terminating the user relationship with Google, including removing content, closing the Google Account, and specifies that continued use of services without an account after closure is subjec…

    • 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 discloses that Google uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve services, and reserves the right to add or remove features, change limits, and automatically update software — establishing…

    • Terms changes: advance notice promised
    📍 Terms of Service › “Develop, improve, and update Google services”Jump to exact text →
  • Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
    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 addressin…

    The 'urgent situations' carve-out is broad and subjectively defined by Google, allowing unilateral service changes or cessation affecting users without prior notice. The term 'reasonable advance notice' in normal cases i…

    • Terms changes: advance notice promised
    📍 Terms of Service › “Develop, improve, and update Google services”Jump to exact text →

📋 Rules you must follow

4 verified clauses

What Vertex AI Inference (Google) 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 enumerates specific prohibited activities including introducing malware, spamming, hacking, bypassing protective measures, jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, and prompt injection (with a narrow exception f…

    📍 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 specific conduct restrictions on users, prohibiting violations of applicable law (including export and sanctions laws), infringement of others' rights, and harmful or abusive behavior, as conditions…

    📍 Terms of Service › “Respect others”Jump to exact text →
  • Moderation & enforcement
    If you meet these age requirements you can create a Google Account for your convenience. Some services require that you have a Google Account in order to work — for example, to use Gmail, you need a Google Account so that you have a place to send and receive y…

    Imposes an obligation on users to take reasonable steps to secure their Google Account and assigns responsibility for account activity, establishing age-based eligibility requirements as a condition of account creation.

    📍 Terms of Service › “Your Google Account”Jump to exact text →
  • Commercial useconduct restrictions
    using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology

    This clause, listed under 'Don't abuse our services,' explicitly prohibits using AI-generated content from Google services to develop ML models or AI technology. This is a notable restriction on downstream commercial use…

    📍 Terms of Service › “Don’t abuse our services”Jump to exact text →

What the policies actually cover

7 topics
  • Product telemetry & usage tracking1 clause
  • Sensitive data (biometric, location, health)1 clause
  • Children's data1 clause
  • Damages & liability cap4 clauses
  • Terms can change at any time3 protective4 clauses
  • Feedback ownership1 clause
  • Conduct restrictions2 obligations2 clauses

66 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.

Cross-clause notes

Cross-referenceacross documents

The Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Scope” describes rights the platform takes in user content, and the policy document, “Subprocessors” describes disclosure of data to third parties or subprocessors. Both clauses are in force at the same time — read them together.

Automated cross-reference against the published rubric — not legal advice.

Clause intelligence

Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.

217
clauses
52
patterns
52
stances
ip ownership · 19ip license · 12privacy sharing · 8legal burden · 5commercial use · 3training use · 3
commercial useMEDIUMTerms of Service › “consumer”

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
commercial useMEDIUMTerms of Service › “consumer”

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
commercial useMEDIUMTerms of Service › “consumer”

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
ip licenseHIGHTerms of Service › “Rights”

The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.

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 source citation
ip licenseHIGHTerms of Service › “Software in Google services”

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.

TierSurfaceVerdictRiskCitations
All applicable tiersdata retentionworsensHIGH9
All applicable tiersgoverning law disputesconditionalMEDIUM1
All applicable tiersindemnity liabilityconditionalMEDIUM5
All applicable tiersmoderation enforcementworsensHIGH3
All applicable tiersoutput ownershipworsensHIGH2
All applicable tiersprivacy data useconditionalMEDIUM3
All applicable tiersprompt ownershipworsensHIGH4
All applicable tierssubprocessors data sharingworsensHIGH10
All applicable tierstraining useworsensHIGH2
Freecommercial useworsensHIGH2
Freeprompt ownershipconditionalMEDIUM4
Freetier differencesconditionalMEDIUM1

Policy evolution

Open full timeline

Before/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.

improvedhigh materialityJun 17Jul 10, 2026

content license improved from high/sublicensable or transferable to medium/broad license.

Before · high
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
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After · medium
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Aug 10, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

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.
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Aug 10, 2026legal burdenMEDIUM

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. UNLESS EXPLICITLY PERMITTED BY SERVICE-SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL TERMS , 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, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT, AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ADVICE FROM A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL.
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Aug 10, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

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
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Aug 10, 2026content licenseHIGH

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
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  • Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-10· verified 2026-08-10
  • Privacy Policy:Last captured 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.

↓ 79 fewer findings this quarter vs last (99 vs 178). First scan: June 2026.

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