The Google Terms of Service (last updated May 22, 2024) act as a legally binding contract between you and Google, governing your use of Google products, services, and websites. Here are the key aspects of these terms:
Service Usage Rules: You are prohibited from abusing, interfering with, or harming Google services. Specific violations include: Abuse: Introducing malware, spamming, or hacking.
Manipulation: Using jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, or prompt injection on AI models, unless part of authorized safety programs.
Automation: Using automated methods (like bots or crawlers) to access services in violation of robots.txt files, or scraping content.
Reverse Engineering: Attempting to extract trade secrets or machine learning models from services.
Fraud: Impersonating Google or using services to break intellectual property or privacy laws.
Content Responsibility: When you upload or share content, you must ensure you have the necessary rights to do so, and that the content is lawful.
Account Responsibility: You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your password and for any activity that happens under your account.
Business Restrictions: You are not allowed to sell, trade, or reproduce Google services for commercial purposes unless specifically permitted. Key Principles within the Terms:
Permission: Google grants you a limited license to use its services, but they retain ownership of intellectual property rights.
Termination: Google reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account if you violate these terms. How to handle copyright issues How to handle account issues What part of the policy Terms of Service – Privacy & Terms – Google
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