Your permission to use Google services lasts only while you follow these terms and any service-specific terms
Google gives you permission to access and use its services if you agree to follow these terms. That permission continues only as long as you comply with these terms and with any service-specific additional terms, which can include things like additional age requirements. Breaking them puts the permission itself at risk, not just a single feature.
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Broadly speaking, we give you permission to access and use our services if you agree to follow these terms
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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Service-specific additional terms are separate documents that are not supplied here.
Account & Service Control · Company commitment
Google promises advance notice before material negative changes or ending a service, with an export opportunity
If Google makes material changes that negatively impact your use of its services, or stops offering a service, it says it will give you reasonable advance notice. The promise does not apply in urgent situations, such as preventing abuse, responding to legal requirements, or addressing security and operability issues. Google also says it will give you an opportunity to export your content from your Google Account using Google Takeout, subject to applicable law and policies. Changes that are not material or do not negatively affect your use are not covered by this notice promise.
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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,](https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout) subject to applicable law and policies.
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The terms do not define “reasonable advance notice” or how long it is.
It is not stated whether the export opportunity is also withheld in the urgent situations that remove the notice promise.
The policies that may limit the export opportunity are not identified or supplied.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can create a Google Account if you meet the age requirements; some services need one
If you meet the age requirements on Google's linked help page, you can create a Google Account. Some services require an account to work; for example, Gmail needs one so you have a place to send and receive email. If you're under the age required to manage your own account, you need a parent's or legal guardian's permission to use one.
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you can [create a Google Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441) 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 your email.
you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use a Google Account.
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The age requirements are on a linked help page that is not supplied.
Account & Service Control · Context
For an organization, a representative must agree; your admin can add rules and access or disable your account
To use Google services on behalf of an organization, such as a business, non-profit or school, an authorized representative of that organization must agree to these terms. Your organization's administrator may assign you a Google Account, might require you to follow additional rules, and may be able to access or disable that account.
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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.
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The administrator's additional rules are set by the organization and are not supplied.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Google sometimes sends service announcements and other information
To provide its services, Google sometimes sends you service announcements and other information. Google points to its Privacy Policy for more about how it communicates with you.
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To provide you with our services, we sometimes send you service announcements and other information. To learn more about how we communicate with you, see Google’s Privacy Policy.
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The terms do not say whether you can opt out of these announcements; the Privacy Policy is not supplied.
Account & Service Control · Company commitment
Before removing content or suspending access, Google gives notice, a reason and a chance to respond, with exceptions
Before taking action such as removing your content or suspending or terminating your access, Google says it will give you advance notice when reasonably possible, describe the reason for its action, and give you an opportunity to clarify and address the issue. It won't do so when that 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; or compromise the operation, integrity or security of its services.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
Advance notice is promised only “when reasonably possible.”
Google may suspend or terminate access or delete your account for material or repeated breaches, legal orders, or harm
Without limiting its other rights, Google may suspend or terminate your access to the services or delete your Google Account if you materially or repeatedly breach these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies; if Google is required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or court order; or if 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. Google says it gives notice, a reason and a chance to respond first when reasonably possible, subject to the stated exceptions.
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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
we’ll provide you with advance notice when reasonably possible
Qualifications & exceptions
“Without limiting any of our other rights” means these listed grounds are not presented as the only basis for action.
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The terms do not say what happens to your content when an account is deleted; a linked Help Center page covers this but is not supplied.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can appeal if you believe your account was suspended or terminated in error
If you believe your Google Account was suspended or terminated in error, you can appeal. Google points to a Help Center page for why it disables accounts and what happens when it does.
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If you believe your Google Account has been suspended or terminated in error, [you can appeal](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/40695).
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The appeal process, timing and outcome are on a linked page that is not supplied.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
You can stop using Google services, or close your account, at any time
You're always free to stop using Google's services at any time, and you can end your relationship with Google at any time by closing your Google Account. Google says it would appreciate knowing why you stopped. If you close your account and then use services without one, that use is subject to the most current version of these terms.
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Of course, you’re always free to stop using our services at any time.
You can also end your relationship with us at any time by [closing your Google Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32046).
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.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Below the age to manage your own account, you need a parent's or guardian's permission to use one
If you're under the age required to manage your own Google Account, you must have your parent's or legal guardian's permission to use a Google Account, and Google asks that the parent or guardian read these terms with you. The terms do not state that age; it is on a linked help page. Some Google services add their own age requirements in their service-specific additional terms and policies.
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If you’re under the [age required to manage your own Google Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409), 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.
Some Google services have additional age requirements as described in their service-specific additional terms and policies.
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The minimum age is set on a linked help page that is not supplied, so the age threshold is unknown from this source.
The service-specific age requirements are in documents that are not supplied.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
A parent or guardian who lets a child use the services is bound by these terms and responsible for the child's activity
If you're a parent or legal guardian and you allow your child to use Google services, these terms apply to you, and you're responsible for your child's activity on the services.
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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.