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
Not stated here
Service-specific additional terms are separate documents that are not supplied here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
These terms cover Google's apps, sites, platforms, embedded services and devices
Google says a broad range of its services are subject to these terms, including apps and sites (like Search and Maps), platforms (like Google Shopping), integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies' apps or sites) and devices (like Google Nest and Pixel). Many of these services include content you can stream or interact with, and Google designs its services to work together, such as opening a Calendar event's address in Maps.
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We provide a broad range of services that are subject to these terms, including:
apps and sites (like Search and Maps)
platforms (like Google Shopping)
integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies’ apps or sites)
devices (like Google Nest and Pixel)
Many of these services also include content that you can stream or interact with.
Our services are designed to work together, making it easier for you to move from one activity to the next.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list says “including,” so it gives examples rather than a complete list of covered services.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice
Google can add or remove features, change limits, and start or stop offering services; software may update itself
As part of continually improving its services, Google says it sometimes adds or removes features and functionalities, increases or decreases limits, and starts offering new services or stops offering old ones. When a service requires or includes downloadable or preloaded software, that software sometimes updates automatically on your device when a new version or feature is available; only some services let you adjust automatic update settings. For changes that are material and negatively affect your use, or when a service is discontinued, Google commits to reasonable advance notice except in urgent situations.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
Google gives AI and machine learning uses (simultaneous translation, detecting and blocking spam and malware) as examples of its ongoing development.
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.
Not stated here
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
You agree that Google's Privacy Policy applies to your use of the services
By accepting these terms you also agree that Google's Privacy Policy applies to your use of its services. Google points to resources such as its Copyright Help Center, Safety Center and Transparency Center to answer common questions and set expectations, and it may give specific instructions and warnings inside its services, such as dialog boxes alerting you to important information.
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You also agree that our Privacy Policy applies to your use of our services.
Finally, we may provide specific instructions and warnings within our services – such as dialog boxes that alert you to important information.
Not stated here
The Privacy Policy and the named help centers are not supplied with this source.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Google keeps its intellectual property rights in its services
Although Google gives you permission to use its services, it retains any intellectual property rights it has in those services. The permission to use them does not transfer ownership.
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Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights we have in the services.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
You must follow the law, respect others' rights, and not abuse or harm others or yourself
Google's basic rules of conduct require you to comply with applicable laws, including export control, sanctions and human trafficking laws; to respect the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual property rights; and not to abuse or harm others or yourself, or threaten or encourage such abuse or harm. Examples include misleading, defrauding, illegally impersonating, defaming, bullying, harassing or stalking others.
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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
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Service-specific policies add conduct rules, and many services let you report abuse
Google's service-specific additional terms and policies, such as its Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy, add details about appropriate conduct that everyone using those services must follow. If others aren't following these rules, many services let you report abuse; if Google acts on a report, it applies the process described in its Taking action in case of problems section (advance notice, a reason and a chance to respond, with stated exceptions).
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Our service-specific additional terms and policies, such as our Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy, provide additional details about appropriate conduct that everyone using those services must follow.
If we act on a report of abuse, we also provide the process described in the Taking action in case of problems section.
Not stated here
The Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy and other service-specific policies are not supplied.
Reporting is available in “many” services, not all; which services is not listed here.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
No attacking, disrupting or bypassing Google services, including jailbreaking or prompt injection outside bug programs
You must not abuse, harm, interfere with or disrupt Google's services or systems. Examples include introducing malware; spamming, hacking, or bypassing Google's systems or protective measures; and jailbreaking, adversarial prompting or prompt injection. The jailbreaking and prompt-injection ban has one stated exception: when done as part of Google's safety and bug testing programs.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed behaviors are examples (“for example, by”), not a complete list of prohibited abuse.
Not stated here
The rules of Google's safety and bug testing programs are on a linked page that is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
No deceptive use: phishing, fake reviews, passing AI content off as human, or misrepresenting who provides a service
Among the prohibited ways of abusing Google's services is accessing or using its services or content in fraudulent or deceptive ways. Examples given are phishing; creating fake accounts or content, including fake reviews; misleading others into thinking generative AI content was created by a human; providing services that appear to come from you (or someone else) when they actually come from Google; and providing services that appear to come from Google when they do not.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples (“such as”) of fraudulent or deceptive use, not a complete list.
Not stated here
The terms do not say what disclosure is enough to avoid misleading others about generative AI content.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Don't pass off Google's services as yours, or yours as Google's
Two of the listed fraudulent or deceptive uses concern who appears to be providing a service: you must not provide services that appear to originate from you (or someone else) when they actually originate from Google, and you must not provide services that appear to originate from Google when they do not.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
Both items are examples under the ban on accessing or using Google's services in fraudulent or deceptive ways.
Not stated here
The terms do not say what attribution or disclosure would make reselling or building on Google services acceptable.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Don't use Google services to violate others' rights, hide who you are to break the terms, or help others break them
The list of prohibited abuse also includes using Google's services, including the content they provide, to violate anyone's legal rights, such as intellectual property or privacy rights; hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms; and providing services that encourage others to violate these terms.
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using our services (including the content they provide) to violate anyone’s legal rights, such as intellectual property or privacy rights
hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms
providing services that encourage others to violate these terms
Qualifications & exceptions
The identity rule is tied to a purpose: hiding or misrepresenting who you are is listed when it is done in order to violate these terms.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No reverse engineering Google's services or models to extract trade secrets, except where the law allows
You must not reverse engineer Google's services or underlying technology, such as its machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information. The stated exception is reverse engineering that applicable law allows.
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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
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
No automated access to Google content that ignores robots.txt or similar machine-readable instructions
You must not use automated means to access content from any Google service in violation of the machine-readable instructions on Google's web pages, for example robots.txt files that disallow crawling, training or other activities. The rule is tied to those instructions: it bans automated access that violates them.
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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)
Not stated here
The terms do not list which pages carry which machine-readable instructions.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You may not use AI-generated content from Google services to build machine learning models
You must not use AI-generated content from Google's services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology. No exception to this item is stated in the terms.
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using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology
Not stated here
Service-specific additional terms, which govern where they conflict with these terms, are not supplied and could treat this differently for a given service.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
You don't have to provide content; if you share it, you need the rights and it must be lawful
Some Google services let you upload, submit, store, send, receive or share content. You have no obligation to provide any content and you're free to choose what you provide. If you choose to upload or share content, Google asks you to make sure you have the necessary rights to do so and that the content is lawful.
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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 choose to upload or share content, please make sure you have the necessary rights to do so and that the content is lawful.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Your content remains yours; you grant Google a license only where your IP rights would restrict its use
You keep any intellectual property rights you have in your content, such as the creative content you make, like reviews you write. Google needs your permission only where your intellectual property rights restrict its use of your content, and you give that permission through the license in these terms.
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Your content remains yours, which means that you retain any intellectual property rights that you have in your content.
We need your permission if your intellectual property rights restrict our use of your content. You provide Google with that permission through this license.
The content license covers only IP-protected content; it does not affect privacy rights, public facts or feedback
The license you give Google covers your content only if that content is protected by intellectual property rights. It does not affect your privacy rights; it is only about intellectual property. It does not cover publicly available factual information you provide, such as corrections to a local business's address, which Google treats as common knowledge everyone is free to use, and it does not cover feedback such as suggestions to improve services, which is handled under the Service-related communications section (Google may act on feedback without obligation to you).
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This license covers your content if that content is protected by intellectual property rights.
This license doesn’t affect your privacy rights — it’s only about your intellectual property rights
This license doesn’t cover these types of content:
publicly-available factual information that you provide, such as corrections to the address of a local business. That information doesn’t require a license because it’s considered common knowledge that everyone’s free to use.
feedback that you offer, such as suggestions to improve our services. Feedback is covered in the Service-related communications section below.
The content license is worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty-free
The license you give Google is worldwide (valid anywhere), non-exclusive (you can still license your content to others) and royalty-free (Google pays no monetary fees for it).
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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
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Google may host, copy, share, display, adapt and sublicense your content within the license's limits
The license lets Google host, reproduce, distribute, communicate and use your content (for example, to store it and make it accessible wherever you go); publish, publicly perform or publicly display it, but only if you've made it visible to others; and modify it or create derivative works, such as reformatting or translating it. Google may sublicense these rights to other users so the services work as designed (such as letting you share photos with people you choose) and to contractors who have signed agreements consistent with these terms, only for the limited purposes in the Purpose section.
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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
Qualifications & exceptions
All of these rights are limited to the purposes listed in the license's Purpose section.
Use & Processing · Permission or license
Google may automatically analyze your content to run, improve and personalize services, including ads
The license is for the limited purpose of operating and improving the services, meaning letting them work as designed and creating new features. This includes using automated systems and algorithms to analyze your content for spam, malware and illegal content; to recognize patterns in data (for example, suggesting a new Google Photos album); and to customize services for you, such as recommendations and personalized search results, content and ads. Google says you can change or turn off ad personalization in Ads Settings. The analysis occurs as content is sent, received and when it is stored.
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This license is for the limited purpose of:
operating and improving the services, which means allowing the services to work as designed and creating new features and functionalities. This includes using automated systems and algorithms to analyze your content:
for spam, malware, and illegal content
to recognize patterns in data, such as determining when to suggest a new album in Google Photos to keep related photos together
to customize our services for you, such as providing recommendations and personalized search results, content, and ads
which you can change or turn off in
This analysis occurs as the content is sent, received, and when it is stored.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is a license over intellectual property in your content; the license says it does not affect privacy rights, which the separate Privacy Policy addresses.
Not stated here
The Ads Settings controls are on a linked page that is not supplied; what turning them off changes is not described here.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Google may use content you've shared publicly to promote its services
The license also lets Google use content you've shared publicly to promote its services, for example quoting a review you wrote to promote a Google app, or showing a screenshot of an app you offer in the Play Store to promote Google Play. This purpose is limited to content you've shared publicly.
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using content you’ve shared publicly to promote the services. For example, to promote a Google app, we might quote a review you wrote. Or to promote Google Play, we might show a screenshot of the app you offer in the Play Store.
Not stated here
The terms do not say whether you are notified or can opt out before publicly shared content is used in promotion.
Use & Processing · Permission or license
The license also covers developing new Google technologies and services consistent with these terms
A further listed purpose of the content license is developing new technologies and services for Google, consistent with these terms. The terms do not list which technologies this includes.
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developing new technologies and services for Google consistent with these terms
Not stated here
The terms do not specify what kinds of new technologies are developed under this purpose, or whether it includes training AI models; the Privacy Policy, which might say more, is not supplied.
Retention & Deletion · Company commitment
License lasts as long as your IP rights; removed content stops being public in a reasonable time, with exceptions
The license lasts for as long as your content is protected by intellectual property rights; removing content does not by itself end it. If you remove covered content from Google's services, Google's systems will stop making it publicly available within a reasonable amount of time. Two exceptions: content you already shared with others may persist, for example a photo a friend copied or reshared can remain in the friend's Google Account; and if you made the content available through other companies' services, search engines, including Google Search, may continue to find and display it.
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This license lasts for as long as your content is protected by intellectual property rights.
If you remove from our services any content that’s covered by this license, then our systems will stop making that content publicly available in a reasonable amount of time. There are two exceptions:
If you already shared your content with others before removing it.
then that photo may continue to appear in your friend’s Google Account even after you remove it from your Google Account.
If you make your content available through other companies’ services, it’s possible that search engines, including Google Search, will continue to find and display your content as part of their search results.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment is to stop public availability; the terms here do not say when removed content is deleted from Google's systems.
Not stated here
“A reasonable amount of time” is not defined.
Deletion and retention of removed content are not described in these terms; the Privacy Policy is not supplied.
Retention & Deletion · Restriction or exception
Content you also posted on other companies' services may stay in search results after you remove it from Google
One exception to Google's promise to stop showing removed content publicly: if you made the content available through other companies' services, search engines, including Google Search, may continue to find and display it in search results even after you remove it from Google's services.
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If you make your content available through other companies’ services, it’s possible that search engines, including Google Search, will continue to find and display your content as part of their search results.
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.
Not stated here
The age requirements are on a linked help page that is not supplied.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
You're responsible for what you do with your Google Account, including keeping it reasonably secure
You're responsible for what you do with your Google Account, which includes taking reasonable steps to keep it secure. Google encourages you to use its Security Checkup regularly.
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You’re responsible for what you do with your Google Account, including taking reasonable steps to keep your Google Account secure, and we encourage you to regularly use the
Not stated here
The terms do not define which security steps count as reasonable.
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.
Not stated here
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.
Not stated here
The terms do not say whether you can opt out of these announcements; the Privacy Policy is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Google may act on your feedback without any obligation to you
If you choose to give Google feedback, such as suggestions to improve its services, Google may act on it without obligation to you. Feedback is outside the content license, so this rule governs it instead.
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If you choose to give us feedback, such as suggestions to improve our services, we may act on your feedback without obligation to you.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Google services may use your data connection in the background, and you pay any data costs
Google services may frequently use the internet when you're not actively using them or your device, for purposes such as software updates and improving Google's services, security, user experience and operations, including advertising. This uses your cellular, Wi-Fi or other connections and may count against your data allowance, and you're responsible for all of these network usages and associated costs. Google suggests checking your plan and your device and network settings.
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Google services may frequently use the Internet when you're not actively engaged with the services or your device.
Google uses the Internet in this way for a wide variety of purposes — for example, to provide software updates and to improve Google's services, security, user experience, and/or Google’s operations, including advertising.
These uses rely on your cellular, Wi-Fi, and/or other network connections and may count against your data allowance with your cellular or internet service providers. You're responsible for all of these network usages and associated costs.
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The terms do not say how much background data is used or which settings limit it.
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
Google won't claim ownership of original content you generate with its services
Some Google services let you generate original content, and Google says it won't claim ownership over that content. Google also notes that some content may not be suitable for everyone.
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Some of our services allow you to generate original content. Google won’t claim ownership over that content.
Some content may not be suitable for everyone.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment is about ownership; Google still receives the content license over IP-protected content.
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The terms do not say which services this refers to or whether it covers AI-generated output.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
You can report IP infringement to Google; repeat copyright infringers can lose their accounts
If you think someone is infringing your intellectual property rights, you can send Google a notice of the infringement, and Google says it will take appropriate action. For example, Google suspends or closes the Google Accounts of repeat copyright infringers, as described in its Copyright Help Center.
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If you think someone is infringing your intellectual property rights, you can [send us notice of the infringement](https://support.google.com/legal/answer/3110420) and we’ll take appropriate action.
For example, we suspend or close the Google Accounts of repeat copyright infringers as described in our
Not stated here
The notice procedure and what counts as a repeat infringer are on linked pages that are not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You may use Google's content only as the terms allow, and must not remove or alter its branding or legal notices
Some services include content that belongs to Google, such as many illustrations in Google Maps. You may use it as allowed by these terms and any service-specific additional terms, but Google keeps its intellectual property rights. You must not remove, obscure or alter Google's branding, logos or legal notices; to use Google's branding or logos, Google points you to its Brand Permissions page.
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You may use Google’s content as allowed by these terms and any service-specific additional terms, but we retain any intellectual property rights that we have in our content.
Don’t remove, obscure, or alter any of our branding, logos, or legal notices.
Not stated here
The Brand Permissions page is not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Other people's content in Google services needs their permission or a legal basis to use
Some services give you access to content belonging to other people or organizations, such as a store owner's description of their business or a newspaper article in Google News. You may not use that content without that person's or organization's permission, or as otherwise allowed by law. Views in that content are theirs and don't necessarily reflect Google's views.
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You may not use this content without that person or organization’s permission, or as otherwise allowed by law.
The views expressed in other people or organizations’ content are theirs, and don’t necessarily reflect Google’s views.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Google licenses its included software to you personally, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-assignably
Some services include downloadable or preloaded software, and Google gives you permission to use it as part of the services. That license is worldwide, non-exclusive (Google can license the software to others), royalty-free, personal (it doesn't extend to anyone else) and non-assignable (you can't assign it to anyone else).
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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-assignable, which means you’re not allowed to assign the license to anyone else
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission is to use the software as part of the services, not separately.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Open source licenses for some included software can override parts of these terms
Some services include software offered under open source license terms that Google makes available to you. Sometimes those open source licenses explicitly override parts of these terms, so Google asks you to read them.
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Some of our services include software that’s offered under open source license terms that we make available to you. Sometimes there are provisions in the open source license that explicitly override parts of these terms, so please be sure to read those licenses.
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The open source licenses are not supplied, so which terms they override is unknown.
You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell or lease Google's services or software
You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell or lease any part of Google's services or software. Where included software is offered under an open source license that explicitly overrides parts of these terms, that license can allow more.
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You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our services or software.
Sometimes there are provisions in the open source license that explicitly override parts of these terms
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Google provides its services “as is,” without warranties, to the extent the law allows
Unless service-specific additional terms explicitly state otherwise, Google offers its services without warranties. To the extent allowed by applicable law, it provides them “as is” without express or implied warranties, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, and makes no warranties about the content or features of the services, including their accuracy, reliability, availability or ability to meet your needs.
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However, for legal purposes, we offer our services without warranties unless explicitly stated in our service-specific additional terms.
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.
Not stated here
Which service-specific additional terms explicitly give warranties is not stated; those terms are not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Don't rely on Google services for medical, legal, financial or other professional advice
Unless service-specific additional terms explicitly permit it, you should not rely on Google's services for medical, legal, financial or other professional advice. Content on those topics is provided for informational purposes only, is not a medical diagnosis or treatment, and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional.
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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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
For all users, Google is liable only for its own breaches and excludes lost profits, indirect and punitive damages
For all users, and to the extent allowed by applicable law, Google is liable only for its breaches of these terms or applicable service-specific additional terms, and it isn't liable for loss of profits, revenues, business opportunities, goodwill or anticipated savings; indirect or consequential losses; or punitive damages. These terms only limit Google's responsibilities as allowed by applicable law, and they don't limit liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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For all users
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
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Google's total liability is capped at the greater of $200 or 12 months of fees for the service
To the extent allowed by applicable law, Google's total liability arising out of or relating to these terms is limited to the greater of $200 or the fees paid to use the relevant services in the 12 months before the dispute. The cap does not limit liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct, and it applies only as far as applicable law allows.
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Google’s total liability arising out of or relating to these terms is limited to the greater of (1) $200 or (2) the fees paid to use the relevant services in the 12 months before the dispute
To the extent allowed by applicable law:
These terms don’t limit liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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“Relevant services” is not defined, so which fees count toward the cap is not specified.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Business users and organizations must indemnify Google for third-party claims caused by their unlawful use or violations
Only if you're a business user or organization, and to the extent allowed by applicable law, you'll indemnify Google and its directors, officers, employees and contractors for third-party legal proceedings, including actions by government authorities, arising out of or relating to your unlawful use of the services or your violation of these terms or service-specific additional terms. This covers any liability or expense from claims, losses, damages, judgments, fines, litigation costs and legal fees. If you're legally exempt from responsibilities such as indemnification (for example, the United Nations' immunities), they don't apply to you.
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For business users and organizations only
If you’re a business user or organization:
To the extent allowed by applicable law, you’ll indemnify Google and its directors, officers, employees, and contractors for any third-party legal proceedings (including actions by government authorities) arising out of or relating to your unlawful use of the services or violation of these terms or service-specific additional terms.
This indemnity covers any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, judgments, fines, litigation costs, and legal fees.
If you’re legally exempt from certain responsibilities, including indemnification, then those responsibilities don’t apply to you under these terms.
Qualifications & exceptions
The heading limits this to business users and organizations; a consumer using the services for personal, non-commercial purposes is not given this duty here.
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 can take down content that breaks the terms or policies, violates law, or could cause harm
Google reserves the right to take down some or all of your content, in accordance with applicable law, if it breaches these terms, service-specific additional terms or policies; violates applicable law; or could harm Google's users, third parties or Google. Examples include child pornography (the terms' wording), content that facilitates human trafficking or harassment, terrorist content, and content that infringes someone else's intellectual property rights. Removal follows the notice-and-reason process above when reasonably possible, with its stated exceptions.
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If any of your content (1) breaches these terms, service-specific additional terms, or policies, (2) violates applicable law, or (3) could harm our users, third parties, or Google, then we reserve the right to take down some or all of that content in accordance with applicable law.
Examples include child pornography, content that facilitates human trafficking or harassment, terrorist content, and content that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights.
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
Qualifications & exceptions
“Could harm” lets Google act on potential harm, not only proven violations.
Account & Service Control · Permission or license
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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
California law governs, and disputes go only to courts in Santa Clara County, California
Under this US version, California law governs these terms and all disputes arising out of or relating to them, service-specific additional terms, or any related services, regardless of conflict-of-laws rules. Those disputes will be resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, and you and Google consent to personal jurisdiction there. Rights that the law says a contract can't limit still apply.
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California law will govern these terms and all disputes arising out of or relating to these terms, service-specific additional terms, or any related services, regardless of any conflict of laws rules.
These disputes will be resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, USA, and you and Google consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
By law, you have certain rights that can’t be limited by a contract like these terms of service.
Qualifications & exceptions
No arbitration provision appears in this source; disputes are assigned to courts.
Not stated here
Service-specific additional terms, which govern for their service if they conflict with these terms, are not supplied and could set different dispute rules.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
These terms don't restrict rights that the law says a contract cannot limit
By law, you have certain rights that can't be limited by a contract like these terms, and Google says these terms are in no way intended to restrict those rights. This sits behind the “to the extent allowed by applicable law” limits elsewhere in the terms.
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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.
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The terms do not list which rights cannot be limited; that depends on applicable law.
The terms create no legal rights for other people or organizations
These terms describe the relationship between you and Google and don't create legal rights for other people or organizations, even if others benefit from that relationship.
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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.
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Services named as examples may not be available in your country
Google uses examples from its services to make the terms easier to understand, but not every service mentioned may be available in your country.
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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.
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Where they conflict, service-specific additional terms override these terms for that service
If these general terms conflict with a service's service-specific additional terms, the additional terms govern for that service. Rules in these terms can therefore be changed for a particular service by terms that are not part of this document.
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If these terms conflict with the service-specific additional terms, the additional terms will govern for that service.
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The service-specific additional terms are not supplied, so which rules they change is unknown.
An invalid term doesn't void the rest, and Google doesn't give up rights by not acting right away
If a particular term turns out not to be valid or enforceable, the other terms are unaffected. If you don't follow these terms or the service-specific additional terms and Google doesn't act right away, Google is not giving up any rights it may have, such as taking action later.
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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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license
Google may update these terms for business changes, legal or security reasons, or to prevent abuse
Google may update these terms and service-specific additional terms (1) to reflect changes in its services or how it does business, for example when it adds or removes services, features, technologies, pricing or benefits; (2) for legal, regulatory or security reasons; or (3) to prevent abuse or harm.
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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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Material changes to the terms come with advance notice, except for new launches and urgent situations
If Google materially changes these terms or service-specific additional terms, it will give you reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to review the changes, except when it launches a new service or feature, or in urgent situations such as preventing ongoing abuse or responding to legal requirements. 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 Google at any time by closing your Google Account. If you close your account and keep using services without one, the most current version of the terms applies.
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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.
If you don’t agree to the new terms, you should remove your content and stop using the services.
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.
Qualifications & exceptions
Notice is promised only for material changes; the terms do not say how non-material changes are communicated.
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“Reasonable advance notice” is not defined.
The terms do not say how notice is delivered.
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“Google” includes its affiliates: Google LLC and its subsidiaries
Because the terms use “Google” to mean Google LLC and its affiliates, the definition of affiliate sets who that is: an entity in the Google group of companies, meaning Google LLC and its subsidiaries, including the companies that provide consumer services in the EU (Google Ireland Limited, Google Commerce Limited and Google Dialer Inc.).
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An entity that belongs to the Google group of companies, which means Google LLC and its subsidiaries, including the following companies that provide consumer services in the EU: Google Ireland Limited, Google Commerce Limited, and Google Dialer Inc.
When we speak of “Google,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” we mean Google LLC and its affiliates.
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A consumer uses Google for personal, non-commercial purposes; anyone else is a business user
A consumer is an individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside their trade, business, craft or profession. A business user is any individual or entity who is not a consumer. An organization is a legal entity, such as a corporation, non-profit or school, and not an individual. These definitions decide who falls under the business-only indemnity.
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An individual or entity who is not a consumer (see consumer).
An individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside of their trade, business, craft, or profession.
A legal entity (such as a corporation, non-profit, or school) and not an individual person.
Qualifications & exceptions
An individual using Google services for their trade, business, craft or profession is a business user under these definitions, even without an organization.
Your account's country decides which Google affiliate serves you and which version of the terms applies
If you have a Google Account, Google associates it with a country or territory to determine the Google affiliate that provides the services to you and processes your information, and the version of the terms that governs your relationship. When you're signed out, your country version is determined by the location where you're using Google services. You can sign in and view the terms to see the country associated with your account.
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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.
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The terms do not say how Google picks the country it associates with an account.
“Services” means the products listed on Google's service-specific terms page, such as apps, platforms and devices
The Google services subject to these terms are the products and services listed at Google's service-specific terms page, including apps and sites (like Search and Maps), platforms (like Google Shopping), integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies' apps or sites) and devices and other goods (like Google Nest). Many include content you can stream or interact with.
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The Google services that are subject to these terms are the products and services listed at https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific, including:
apps and sites (like Search and Maps)
platforms (like Google Shopping)
integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies’ apps or sites)
devices and other goods (like Google Nest)
Many of these services also include content that you can stream or interact with.
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The listing page that defines the covered services is not supplied, so the full list of covered products is unknown.
“Your content” covers what you create, upload, store, send, receive or share, including emails you receive
“Your content” means things you create, upload, submit, store, send, receive or share using Google's services. Examples include Docs, Sheets and Slides you create; blog posts uploaded through Blogger; reviews submitted through Maps; videos stored in Drive; emails you send and receive through Gmail; pictures you share with friends through Photos; and travel itineraries you share with Google. This is the content the license and analysis provisions refer to.
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Things that you create, upload, submit, store, send, receive, or share using our services, such as:
Docs, Sheets, and Slides you create
blog posts you upload through Blogger
reviews you submit through Maps
videos you store in Drive
emails you send and receive through Gmail
pictures you share with friends through Photos
travel itineraries that you share with Google
Qualifications & exceptions
The license itself covers this content only where it is protected by intellectual property rights.
“Liability” covers losses from any kind of legal claim, foreseeable or not
Liability means losses from any type of legal claim, whether based on contract, tort (including negligence) or another reason, and whether or not those losses could reasonably have been anticipated or foreseen. The liability limits and the business indemnity use this broad meaning.
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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.
IP rights include patents, copyright, design rights and trademarks; copyright has limits such as fair use
Intellectual property rights are rights over creations of the mind, such as inventions (patents), literary and artistic works (copyright), designs (design rights), and symbols, names and images used in commerce (trademarks); they may belong to you, another individual or an organization. Copyright lets the creator of an original work decide if and how others may use it, subject to limitations and exceptions such as fair use and fair dealing.
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Rights over the creations of a person’s mind, such as inventions (patent rights); literary and artistic works (copyright); designs (design rights); and symbols, names, and images used in commerce (trademarks). IP rights may belong to you, another individual, or an organization.
A legal right that allows the creator of an original work (such as a blog post, photo, or video) to decide if and how that original work may be used by others, subject to certain limitations and exceptions (such as “fair use” and “fair dealing”).
Symbols, names, and images used in commerce that are capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one individual or organization from those of another.
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Plain definitions of disclaimer, indemnity and warranty
The terms define a disclaimer as a statement that limits someone's legal responsibilities; to indemnify as a contractual obligation to compensate another's losses from legal proceedings such as lawsuits; and a warranty as an assurance that a product or service will perform to a certain standard.
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A statement that limits someone’s legal responsibilities.
An individual or organization’s contractual obligation to compensate the losses suffered by another individual or organization from legal proceedings such as lawsuits.
An assurance that a product or service will perform to a certain standard.
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This is the United States version of Google's Terms of Service, effective July 30, 2026
This copy is the United States country version of Google's Terms of Service, effective July 30, 2026. When you're signed out, your country version is determined by the location where you're using Google services; when you have an account, Google associates the account with a country, which you can check by signing in and viewing the terms.
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Effective July 30, 2026
Country version: United States
When you’re signed out, your country version is determined by the location where you’re using Google services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Archived versions and a PDF download are linked from the header but are not supplied here.
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Terms for other country versions are not supplied, so differences from this US version cannot be described.
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Accessing or using Google services means agreeing to these terms, even when signed out
Google states that by accessing or using its services, whether or not you're signed in to a Google Account, you're agreeing to these terms. Having no account does not take you outside them.
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by accessing or using our services (whether you’re signed in to a Google account or not), you’re agreeing to these terms.
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In the US, you contract with Google LLC, which provides the services
Under this US version, Google services are provided by, and you're contracting with, Google LLC, organized under Delaware law and operating under US law, at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California. Where the terms say “Google,” “we,” “us” or “our,” they mean Google LLC and its affiliates.
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Google services are provided by, and you’re contracting with:
Google LLC organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, and operating under the laws of the USA
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043 USA
When we speak of “Google,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” we mean Google LLC and its affiliates.
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.
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Google's Privacy Policy is a separate document from these terms
Besides these terms, Google publishes a separate Privacy Policy and encourages you to read it to understand how you can update, manage, export and delete your information. How Google handles your information is described there, not in these terms.
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Besides these terms, we also publish a Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to read it to better understand how you can [update, manage, export, and delete your information](https://myaccount.google.com/).
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The Privacy Policy is not supplied with this source.