Google Terms of Service

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1Last modified: April 14, 2014 ([view archived versions](https://www.google.com/policies/terms/archive/))
1## Google Terms of Service
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3## Welcome to Google!
3Effective July 30, 2026 | [Archived versions](https://policies.google.com/terms/archive) | [Download PDF](https://www.gstatic.com/policies/terms/pdf/20260730/4te5pybt/google_terms_of_service_en_us.pdf)
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5Thanks for using our products and services ("Services"). The Services are provided by Google Inc. ("Google"), located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States.
5[Country version:](https://policies.google.com/terms) United States
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7By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Please read them carefully.
7## What's covered in these terms
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9Our Services are very diverse, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements (including age requirements) may apply. Additional terms will be available with the relevant Services, and those additional terms become part of your agreement with us if you use those Services.
9### We know it's tempting to skip these Terms of Service, but it's important to establish what you can expect from us as you use Google [services](https://policies.google.com/terms), and what we expect from you.
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11## Using our Services
11These Terms of Service reflect [the way Google's business works](https://about.google/intl/en_US/how-our-business-works), the laws that apply to our company, and [certain things we've always believed to be true](https://www.google.com/about/philosophy.html). As a result, these Terms of Service help define Google's relationship with you as you interact with our services. For example, these terms include the following topic headings:
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13You must follow any policies made available to you within the Services.
13- [What you can expect from us](https://policies.google.com/terms), which describes how we provide and develop our services
14- [What we expect from you](https://policies.google.com/terms), which establishes certain rules for using our services
15- [Content in Google services](https://policies.google.com/terms), which describes the intellectual property rights to the content you find in our services - whether that content belongs to you, Google, or others
16- [In case of problems or disagreements](https://policies.google.com/terms), which describes other legal rights you have, and what to expect in case someone violates these terms
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15Don't misuse our Services. For example, don't interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use our Services only as permitted by law, including applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or stop providing our Services to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.
18Understanding these terms is important because, 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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17Using our Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Services or the content you access. You may not use content from our Services unless you obtain permission from its owner or are otherwise permitted by law. These terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or logos used in our Services. Don't remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in or along with our Services.
20Besides these terms, we also publish a [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy). 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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19Our Services display some content that is not Google's. This content is the sole responsibility of the entity that makes it available. We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don't assume that we do.
22## Terms
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21In connection with your use of the Services, we may send you service announcements, administrative messages, and other information. You may opt out of some of those communications.
24## Service provider
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23Some of our Services are available on mobile devices. Do not use such Services in a way that distracts you and prevents you from obeying traffic or safety laws.
26Google [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) are provided by, and you're contracting with:
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28Google LLC
29organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, and operating under the laws of the USA
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311600 Amphitheatre Parkway
32Mountain View, California 94043
33USA
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35## Age requirements
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37If 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.
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39If you're a parent or legal guardian, and you allow your child to use the [services](https://policies.google.com/terms), then these terms apply to you and you're responsible for your child's activity on the services.
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41Some Google services have additional age requirements as described in their [service-specific additional terms and policies](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific).
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43## Your relationship with Google
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45These terms help define the relationship between you and Google. When we speak of "Google," "we," "us," and "our," we mean Google LLC and its [affiliates](https://policies.google.com/terms). Broadly speaking, we give you permission to access and use our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) if you agree to follow these terms, which reflect [how Google's business works and how we earn money](https://about.google/intl/en_US/how-our-business-works).
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47## What you can expect from us
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49### Provide a broad range of useful services
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51We provide a broad range of services that are subject to these terms, including:
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53- apps and sites (like Search and Maps)
54- platforms (like Google Shopping)
55- integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies' apps or sites)
56- devices (like Google Nest and Pixel)
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58Many of these services also include content that you can stream or interact with.
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60Our services are designed to work together, making it easier for you to move from one activity to the next. For example, if your Calendar event includes an address, you can click on that address and Maps can show you how to get there.
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62### Develop, improve, and update Google services
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64We're constantly developing new technologies and features to improve our services. For example, we use artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide you with simultaneous translations, and to better detect and block spam and malware. 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.
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66If 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](https://policies.google.com/terms) from your Google Account using [Google Takeout,](https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout) subject to applicable law and policies.
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68## What we expect from you
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70### Follow these terms and service-specific additional terms
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72The permission we give you to access and use our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) continues as long as you comply with:
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74- **these terms**
75- **[service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific)**, which could, for example, include things like additional age requirements
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77You also agree that our [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) applies to your use of our services. We provide resources like the [Copyright Help Center](https://support.google.com/legal/topic/4558877), [Safety Center](https://safety.google/), [Transparency Center](https://transparency.google/), and descriptions of our technologies from our [policies site](https://policies.google.com/technologies) to answer common questions and to set expectations about using our services. Finally, we may provide specific instructions and warnings within our services - such as dialog boxes that alert you to important information.
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79Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any [intellectual property rights](https://policies.google.com/terms) we have in the services.
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81### Respect others
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83We want to maintain a respectful environment for everyone, which means you must follow these basic rules of conduct:
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85- comply with applicable laws, including export control, sanctions, and human trafficking laws
86- respect the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual property rights
87- 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
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89Our [service-specific additional terms and policies](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), such as our [Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy](https://policies.google.com/terms/generative-ai/use-policy), provide additional details about appropriate conduct that everyone using those services must follow. If you find that others aren't following these rules, many of our services allow you to [report abuse](https://support.google.com/groups/answer/81275). If we act on a report of abuse, we also provide the process described in the _[Taking action in case of problems](https://policies.google.com/terms)_ section.
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91### Don't abuse our services
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93Most people who access or use our services understand the general rules that keep the internet safe and open. Unfortunately, a small number of people don't respect those rules, so we're describing them here to protect our services and users from abuse. In that spirit:
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95You must not abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt our services or systems - for example, by:
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97- introducing malware
98- spamming, hacking, or bypassing our systems or protective measures
99- jailbreaking, adversarial prompting, or prompt injection, except as part of our [safety and bug testing programs](https://bughunters.google.com/)
100- accessing or using our services or content in fraudulent or deceptive ways, such as:
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102- phishing
103- creating fake accounts or content, including fake reviews
104- misleading others into thinking that generative AI content was created by a human
105- providing services that appear to originate from you (or someone else) when they actually originate from us
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107- providing services that appear to originate from us when they do not
108- using our services (including the content they provide) to violate anyone's legal rights, such as intellectual property or privacy rights
109- 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
110- 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)
111- using AI-generated content from our services to develop machine learning models or related AI technology
112- hiding or misrepresenting who you are in order to violate these terms
113- providing services that encourage others to violate these terms
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115### Permission to use your content
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117Some of our services are designed to let you upload, submit, store, send, receive, or share [your content](https://policies.google.com/terms). 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.
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119## License
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121[Your content](https://policies.google.com/terms) remains yours, which means that you retain any [intellectual property rights](https://policies.google.com/terms) that you have in your content. For example, you have intellectual property rights in the creative content you make, such as reviews you write. Or you may have the right to share someone else's creative content if they've given you their permission.
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123We need your permission if your intellectual property rights restrict our use of your content. You provide Google with that permission through this license.
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125### What's covered
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127This license covers [your content](https://policies.google.com/terms) if that content is protected by intellectual property rights.
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129### What's not covered
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131- This license doesn't affect your privacy rights - it's only about your intellectual property rights
132- This license doesn't cover these types of content:
133 - 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.
134 - feedback that you offer, such as suggestions to improve our services. Feedback is covered in the _[Service-related communications](https://policies.google.com/terms)_ section below.
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136### Scope
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138This license is:
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140- worldwide, which means it's valid anywhere in the world
141- non-exclusive, which means you can license your content to others
142- royalty-free, which means there are no monetary fees for this license
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144### Rights
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146This license allows Google to:
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148- 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
149- publish, publicly perform, or publicly display your content, if you've made it visible to others
150- modify and create derivative works based on your content, such as reformatting or translating it
151- sublicense these rights to:
152 - other users to allow the services to work as designed, such as enabling you to share photos with people you choose
153 - our contractors who've signed agreements with us that are consistent with these terms, only for the limited purposes described in the _[Purpose](https://policies.google.com/terms)_ section below
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155### Purpose
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157This license is for the limited purpose of:
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159- **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:
160 - for spam, malware, and illegal content
161 - to recognize patterns in data, such as determining when to suggest a new album in Google Photos to keep related photos together
162 - 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 [Ads Settings](https://adssettings.google.com/))This analysis occurs as the content is sent, received, and when it is stored.
163- **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.
164- **developing new technologies and services** for Google consistent with these terms
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166### Duration
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168This license lasts for as long as your content is protected by intellectual property rights.
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170If 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:
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172- If you already shared your content with others before removing it. For example, if you shared a photo with a friend who then made a copy of it, or shared it again, then that photo may continue to appear in your friend's Google Account even after you remove it from your Google Account.
173- 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.
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175## Using Google services
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25177## Your Google Account
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27You may need a Google Account in order to use some of our Services. You may create your own Google Account, or your Google Account may be assigned to you by an administrator, such as your employer or educational institution. If you are using a Google Account assigned to you by an administrator, different or additional terms may apply and your administrator may be able to access or disable your account.
179[If you meet these age requirements](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409) you can [create a Google Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441) for your convenience. Some [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) 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.
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29To protect your Google Account, keep your password confidential. You are responsible for the activity that happens on or through your Google Account. Try not to reuse your Google Account password on third-party applications. If you learn of any unauthorized use of your password or Google Account, [follow these instructions](https://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py).
181You'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 [Security Checkup](https://myaccount.google.com/security-checkup).
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31## Privacy and Copyright Protection
183## Using Google services on behalf of an organization or business
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33Google's [privacy policies](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/) explain how we treat your personal data and protect your privacy when you use our Services. By using our Services, you agree that Google can use such data in accordance with our privacy policies.
185Many [organizations](https://policies.google.com/terms), such as businesses, non-profits, and schools, take advantage of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms). To use our services on behalf of an organization:
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35We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement and terminate accounts of repeat infringers according to the process set out in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
187- an authorized representative of that organization must agree to these terms
188- 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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37We provide information to help copyright holders manage their intellectual property online. If you think somebody is violating your copyrights and want to notify us, you can find information about submitting notices and Google's policy about responding to notices [in our Help Center](https://support.google.com/bin/static.py).
190## Service-related communications
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39## Your Content in our Services
192To 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](https://policies.google.com/privacy).
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41Some of our Services allow you to upload, submit, store, send or receive content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.
194If you choose to give us feedback, such as suggestions to improve our services, we may act on your feedback without obligation to you.
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43When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added to Google Maps). Some Services may offer you ways to access and remove content that has been provided to that Service. Also, in some of our Services, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of the content submitted in those Services. Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this license for any content that you submit to our Services.
196## Cellular, Wi-Fi, and other Network Connection Costs
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45Our automated systems analyze your content (including emails) to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customized search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection. This analysis occurs as the content is sent, received, and when it is stored.
198Google 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. You may wish to check your cellular or internet service plan, and your device and network settings.
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47If you have a Google Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on Google or on third-party applications connected to your Google Account (such as +1's, reviews you write and comments you post) in our Services, including displaying in ads and other commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your Google Account. For example, you can choose your settings so your name and photo do not appear in an ad.
200## Content in Google services
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49You can find more information about how Google uses and stores content in the privacy policy or additional terms for particular Services. If you submit feedback or suggestions about our Services, we may use your feedback or suggestions without obligation to you.
202## Your content
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51## About Software in our Services
204Some of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) allow you to generate original content. Google won't claim ownership over that content. Some content may not be suitable for everyone.
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53When a Service requires or includes downloadable software, this software may update automatically on your device once a new version or feature is available. Some Services may let you adjust your automatic update settings.
206Some of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) give you the opportunity to make your content publicly available - for example, you might post a product or restaurant review that you wrote, or you might upload a blog post that you created.
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55Google gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you by Google as part of the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by Google, in the manner permitted by these terms. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our Services or included software, nor may you reverse engineer or attempt to extract the source code of that software, unless laws prohibit those restrictions or you have our written permission.
208- See the _[Permission to use your content](https://policies.google.com/terms)_ section for more about your rights in [your content](https://policies.google.com/terms), and how your content is used in our services
209- See the _[Removing your content](https://policies.google.com/terms)_ section to learn why and how we might remove user-generated content from our services
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57Open source software is important to us. Some software used in our Services may be offered under an open source license that we will make available to you. There may be provisions in the open source license that expressly override some of these terms.
211If you think someone is infringing your [intellectual property rights](https://policies.google.com/terms), 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](https://policies.google.com/terms) infringers as described in our [Copyright Help Center](https://support.google.com/legal/topic/4558877).
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59## Modifying and Terminating our Services
213## Google content
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61We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a Service altogether.
215Some of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) include content that belongs to Google - for example, many of the visual illustrations you see in Google Maps. You may use Google's content as allowed by these terms and any [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), 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. If you want to use our branding or logos, please see the [Google Brand Permissions](https://www.google.com/permissions) page.
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63You can stop using our Services at any time, although we'll be sorry to see you go. Google may also stop providing Services to you, or add or create new limits to our Services at any time.
217## Other content
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65We believe that you own your data and preserving your access to such data is important. If we discontinue a Service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of that Service.
219Finally, some of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) give you access to content that belongs to other people or [organizations](https://policies.google.com/terms) - for example, a store owner's description of their own business, or a newspaper article displayed in Google News. 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.
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67## Our Warranties and Disclaimers
221## Software in Google services
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69We provide our Services using a commercially reasonable level of skill and care and we hope that you will enjoy using them. But there are certain things that we don't promise about our Services.
223Some of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) include downloadable or preloaded software. We give you permission to use that software as part of the services.
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71OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THESE TERMS OR ADDITIONAL TERMS, NEITHER GOOGLE NOR ITS SUPPLIERS OR DISTRIBUTORS MAKE ANY SPECIFIC PROMISES ABOUT THE SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT THE CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICES, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICES, OR THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, OR ABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES "AS IS".
225The license we give you is:
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73SOME JURISDICTIONS PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN WARRANTIES, LIKE THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES.
227- worldwide, which means it's valid anywhere in the world
228- non-exclusive, which means that we can license the software to others
229- royalty-free, which means there are no monetary fees for this license
230- personal, which means it doesn't extend to anyone else
231- non-assignable, which means you're not allowed to assign the license to anyone else
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75## Liability for our Services
233Some 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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77WHEN PERMITTED BY LAW, GOOGLE, AND GOOGLE'S SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST PROFITS, REVENUES, OR DATA, FINANCIAL LOSSES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
235You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our services or software.
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79TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF GOOGLE, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS, INCLUDING FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE SERVICES (OR, IF WE CHOOSE, TO SUPPLYING YOU THE SERVICES AGAIN).
237## In case of problems or disagreements
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81IN ALL CASES, GOOGLE, AND ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT IS NOT REASONABLY FORESEEABLE.
239## Warranty disclaimer
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83## Business uses of our Services
241We built our reputation on providing useful, reliable services like Google Search and Maps, and we're continuously improving our services to meet your needs. However, for legal purposes, we offer our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms) without [warranties](https://policies.google.com/terms) unless explicitly stated in our [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific). The law requires that we explain this using specific legal language and that we use capital letters to help make sure you see it, as follows:
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85If you are using our Services on behalf of a business, that business accepts these terms. It will hold harmless and indemnify Google and its affiliates, officers, agents, and employees from any claim, suit or action arising from or related to the use of the Services or violation of these terms, including any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys' fees.
243TO 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.
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87## About these Terms
245UNLESS EXPLICITLY PERMITTED BY [SERVICE-SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL TERMS](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), 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.
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89We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Services. You should look at the terms regularly. We'll post notice of modifications to these terms on this page. We'll post notice of modified additional terms in the applicable Service. Changes will not apply retroactively and will become effective no sooner than fourteen days after they are posted. However, changes addressing new functions for a Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. If you do not agree to the modified terms for a Service, you should discontinue your use of that Service.
247## Liabilities
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91If there is a conflict between these terms and the additional terms, the additional terms will control for that conflict.
249### For all users
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93These terms control the relationship between Google and you. They do not create any third party beneficiary rights.
251Both the law and these terms try to strike a balance as to what you or Google can claim from the other in case of problems. That's why the law requires everyone to be responsible for certain [liabilities](https://policies.google.com/terms) - but not others - under these terms.
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95If you do not comply with these terms, and we don't take action right away, this doesn't mean that we are giving up any rights that we may have (such as taking action in the future).
253These terms only limit our responsibilities as allowed by applicable law. These terms don't limit liability for gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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97If it turns out that a particular term is not enforceable, this will not affect any other terms.
255To the extent allowed by applicable law:
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99The laws of California, U.S.A., excluding California's conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services. All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California, USA, and you and Google consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
257- Google is liable only for its breaches of these terms or applicable [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific)
258- Google isn't liable for:
259 - loss of profits, revenues, business opportunities, goodwill, or anticipated savings
260 - indirect or consequential losses
261 - punitive damages
262- 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
100263
101For information about how to contact Google, please visit our [contact page](https://www.google.com/contact/).
264### For business users and organizations only
265
266If you're a [business user](https://policies.google.com/terms) or [organization](https://policies.google.com/terms):
267
268- To the extent allowed by applicable law, you'll [indemnify](https://policies.google.com/terms) 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](https://policies.google.com/terms) or violation of these terms or [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific). This indemnity covers any liability or expense arising from claims, losses, damages, judgments, fines, litigation costs, and legal fees.
269- If you're legally exempt from certain responsibilities, including [indemnification](https://policies.google.com/terms), then those responsibilities don't apply to you under these terms. For example, the United Nations enjoys certain immunities from legal obligations and these terms don't override those immunities.
270
271## Taking action in case of problems
272
273Before 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:
274
275- cause harm or [liability](https://policies.google.com/terms) to a user, third party, or Google
276- violate the law or a legal enforcement authority's order
277- compromise an investigation
278- compromise the operation, integrity, or security of our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms)
279
280### Removing your content
281
282If any of [your content](https://policies.google.com/terms) (1) breaches these terms, [service-specific additional terms, or policies](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), (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](https://policies.google.com/terms).
283
284### Suspending or terminating your access to Google services
285
286Without 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:
287
288- you materially or repeatedly breach these terms, [service-specific additional terms, or policies](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific)
289- we're required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order
290- your conduct causes harm or [liability](https://policies.google.com/terms) 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
291
292For more information about why we disable accounts and what happens when we do, see this [Help Center page](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/40695). If you believe your Google Account has been suspended or terminated in error, [you can appeal](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/40695).
293
294Of course, you're always free to stop using our services at any time. If you do stop using a service, we'd [appreciate knowing why](https://www.google.com/tools/feedback) so that we can continue improving our services.
295
296## Settling disputes, governing law, and courts
297
298For information about how to contact Google, please visit our [contact page](https://www.google.com/contact).
299
300California law will govern these terms and all disputes arising out of or relating to these terms, [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), or any related [services](https://policies.google.com/terms), 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.
301
302## About these terms
303
304By 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.
305
306These terms describe the relationship between you and Google. They don't create any legal rights for other people or [organizations](https://policies.google.com/terms), even if others benefit from that relationship under these terms.
307
308We want to make these terms easy to understand, so we've used examples from our [services](https://policies.google.com/terms). But not all services mentioned may be available in your country.
309
310If these terms conflict with the [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), the additional terms will govern for that service.
311
312If it turns out that a particular term is not valid or enforceable, this will not affect any other terms.
313
314If you don't follow these terms or the [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), 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.
315
316We may update these terms and [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific) (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.
317
318If we materially change these terms or [service-specific additional terms](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), 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](https://policies.google.com/terms) and stop using the services. 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.
319
320## Definitions
321
322### affiliate
323
324An 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.
325
326### business user
327
328An individual or entity who is not a consumer (see consumer).
329
330### consumer
331
332An individual who uses Google services for personal, non-commercial purposes outside of their trade, business, craft, or profession. (See business user)
333
334### copyright
335
336A 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").
337
338### country version
339
340If you have a Google Account, we associate your account with a country (or territory) so that we can determine:
341
342- the Google [affiliate](https://policies.google.com/terms/definitions) that provides the [services](https://policies.google.com/terms/definitions) to you and that processes your information as you use the services
343- the version of the terms that govern our relationship
344
345When you're signed out, your country version is determined by the location where you're using Google services. If you have an account, you can [sign in](https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin) and view these terms to see the country associated with it.
346
347### disclaimer
348
349A statement that limits someone's legal responsibilities.
350
351### indemnify or indemnity
352
353An individual or organization's contractual obligation to compensate the losses suffered by another individual or organization from legal proceedings such as lawsuits.
354
355### intellectual property rights (IP rights)
356
357Rights 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.
358
359### liability
360
361Losses 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.
362
363### organization
364
365A legal entity (such as a corporation, non-profit, or school) and not an individual person.
366
367### services
368
369The Google services that are subject to these terms are the products and services listed at [https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific](https://policies.google.com/terms/service-specific), including:
370
371- apps and sites (like Search and Maps)
372- platforms (like Google Shopping)
373- integrated services (like Maps embedded in other companies' apps or sites)
374- devices and other goods (like Google Nest)
375
376Many of these services also include content that you can stream or interact with.
377
378### trademark
379
380Symbols, names, and images used in commerce that are capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one individual or organization from those of another.
381
382### warranty
383
384An assurance that a product or service will perform to a certain standard.
385
386### your content
387
388Things that you create, upload, submit, store, send, receive, or share using our services, such as:
389
390- Docs, Sheets, and Slides you create
391- blog posts you upload through Blogger
392- reviews you submit through Maps
393- videos you store in Drive
394- emails you send and receive through Gmail
395- pictures you share with friends through Photos
396- travel itineraries that you share with Google