The Google Terms of Service is a legal agreement that outlines the rules, rights, and mutual expectations between Google and users accessing its apps, platforms, integrated services, and devices. It defines what you can expect from Google as they develop and improve services, and what Google expects from you in return. Core Rules of Conduct
Respect others: You must comply with applicable laws and respect other users’ privacy and intellectual property rights.
No abuse or disruption: You cannot introduce malware, spam, hack, or bypass any protective systems.
AI restrictions: You are prohibited from using adversarial prompting, prompt injection, or using AI-generated content to develop machine learning models.
No scraping or reverse engineering: You cannot use automated tools to scrape content or try to extract trade secrets from Google’s underlying technologies. Content and Intellectual Property Rights
Ownership: You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights for the content you upload or share through Google services.
Google’s license: By uploading content, you grant Google a license to host, reproduce, modify, and distribute it solely to operate and improve the services.
Software rights: For downloadable tools, Google gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use the software. Enforcement and Account Termination 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