The URL https://policies.google.com/terms hosts the official Google Terms of Service. This legally binding document outlines the relationship, mutual expectations, and rules between Google and users interacting with its services. Core Rules of Conduct
Respect others: Users must comply with laws, intellectual property rights, and privacy rights.
No service abuse: Activities like introducing malware, spamming, or hacking are strictly banned.
AI protections: Users cannot use prompt injection or leverage Google’s AI content to train competing machine learning models.
No scraping: Automated data collection that bypasses standard machine-readable instructions like robots.txt files is prohibited. Content and Intellectual Property
Your content stays yours: You retain any intellectual property rights you hold over the content you upload or share.
Google’s license: When you upload content, you grant Google a license to host, distribute, modify, and publicly display it so their services can function.
Google’s assets: Google retains all intellectual property rights to its own services, branding, and logos. Enforcement and Account Actions
Content removal: Google can take down content that breaches its policies, violates laws, or causes harm.
Account suspension: Google reserves the right to suspend or close your account for repeated or material policy violations. Scope of Services Google Terms of Service