The Google Terms of Service is a legal agreement that outlines the rules, responsibilities, and mutual expectations between you and Google when you use its apps, sites, platforms, and devices. Covered Services
The terms govern a broad range of Google products listed on the Service-Specific Additional Terms page, including: Apps and Sites: Google Search, Google Maps, and Gmail Platforms: Google Shopping Connected Devices: Google Nest hardware
Note: Specialized platforms like YouTube or enterprise/developer APIs are governed by their own distinct terms. What You Can Expect From Google
The document establishes Google’s legal commitments to its users, which include:
Service Provision: Delivering, maintaining, and improving a broad range of useful technologies.
Technology Evolution: Developing updates, using machine learning, and introducing new features to enhance security or introduce automated tools like real-time translation.
Privacy Respect: Acting in accordance with the separate Google Privacy Policy regarding data collection, safety tools, and privacy controls. Your Responsibilities and Rules of Conduct
By using the services, you agree to adhere to core rules designed to maintain a safe and open internet environment:
Legal Compliance: Following all applicable laws, including export control and sanctions.
Respect for Others: Refraining from bullying, harassing, stalking, or violating the intellectual property or privacy rights of other individuals.
Service Protection: Avoiding any attempts to abuse, harm, disrupt, or interfere with Google’s systems—such as deploying malware, hacking, or bypassing security safeguards.
AI and Scraping Restrictions: Avoiding adversarial prompting, prompt injection, or using any AI-generated data from Google’s tools to develop independent machine learning models. Content and Intellectual Property Rights
The terms outline specific rules regarding the materials uploaded to and downloaded from Google platforms: Terms of Service – Privacy & Terms – Google
You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems — for example, by:introducing malware. * spamming, Google Terms of Service
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