Google Terms Scorecard

Grade A+ — Highly protective (score 96/100)

Google's updated Terms of Service maintain a broad, perpetual-style license to user content for service improvement and promotion, while mandating California jurisdiction for all legal disputes.

Standard Google terms with broad content license and venue restrictions.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
LIKELY
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
LIKELY
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
YES
Deletes data on request
YES

What the terms actually say

License

This license allows Google to: ... modify and create derivative works based on your content

Google reserves the right to alter or adapt your uploaded content for their own purposes.

Settling Disputes, Governing Law, and Courts

These disputes will be resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts of Santa Clara County, California

You are forced to litigate in California, regardless of where you live.

Suspending or Terminating

Of course, you’re always free to stop using our services at any time.

You retain the right to terminate your relationship with the service whenever you choose.

About these terms

If we materially change these terms ... we’ll provide you with reasonable advance notice

Google promises to notify you before making significant changes to the agreement.

Last reviewed 2026-09-10 under rubric v3.5.

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