High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Google Cloud’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
These rights give qualifying users meaningful control over their Service Data, including the ability to require deletion or restrict how Google Cloud processes it.
This clause shifts the financial and legal burden of third-party litigation arising from the customer's data or AUP violations entirely onto the customer, potentially exposing the customer to signifi…
This clause allocates the risk of IP infringement claims about Google's own Services to Google rather than the customer, protecting customers from third-party IP litigation over technology they did n…
A full disclaimer of implied warranties means customers cannot rely on Google Cloud's services meeting any implied standard of quality, suitability, or freedom from infringement beyond what is explic…
This clause binds Google Cloud to a defined processing document and prohibits any use of customer data beyond that scope, providing a contractual ceiling on how customer data may be handled.
This document explains what data Google Cloud collects when you use its services, how it uses and shares that data, and what rights you have over it. Simply using Google …
This document sets out the rules for using Google Cloud services: you keep ownership of your data and applications, but Google Cloud can change its prices at any time unless …
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ConductAtlas tracks 2 Google Cloud documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Google Cloud has made 2 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 15 provisions across Google Cloud's tracked documents. 5 are rated high severity, 9 medium, and 1 low.
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