The Google Terms of Service is the legal agreement that defines the relationship, mutual expectations, and rules between you and Google when you use its services. Covered Services
The terms govern core consumers apps, platforms, and devices. Examples include: Apps like Google Search and Google Maps Platforms like Google Shopping Hardware like Google Nest
Note: Specialized services like YouTube, enterprise tools, and developer APIs typically have their own separate agreements. Permitted Content Rights
Your Content: You retain ownership of intellectual property rights for content you create or upload (like reviews or photos).
Google’s License: By uploading content, you grant Google a license to host, reproduce, modify, and distribute it solely to operate, promote, and improve their services.
Google’s Property: Google retains all intellectual property rights related to its own software, branding, and services. Explicitly Banned Conduct
The agreement lists absolute restrictions to prevent system abuse:
Malicious Activity: You must not spread malware, hack, or bypass safety systems.
System Interference: You cannot engage in scraping, adversarial prompting, prompt injection, or jailbreaking unless participating in authorized bug testing.
AI Training Restrictions: You are expressly prohibited from using AI-generated content from Google’s services to train external machine learning models. Enforcements & Disclaimers Google Terms of Service
You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems — for example, by:introducing malware. * spamming, Google Terms of Service