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Customer prohibited from copying or reverse engineering Services

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High Sep 3, 2026

The updated terms authorize Google Cloud to impose full-month billing charges if it determines a customer engaged in bad-faith dealing, dishonesty, or attempted to avoid fees or circumvent usage limits, and to charge for all end-user accounts active during that month regardless of whether any were later disabled. The revised policy also permits immediate service suspension if Google reasonably determines a customer using a delayed payment method poses a non-payment risk, without requiring actual late payment or cure time. Additionally, Google may now terminate the agreement immediately if it reasonably determines a customer's material breach is incapable of being cured, eliminating the previous 30-day cure period. Customers using bank transfers or similar delayed authorization payment methods should review their account practices for any activity Google might classify as 'Customer Malfeasance' under the new definition.

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How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.

Tinder Medium

"Frame" or "mirror" any part of our Services without Tinder's prior written authorization;

Leonardo AI Medium

You agree that use of any Beta Services will at all times be subject to your compliance with the Beta Services Terms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Customer will not, and will not allow End Users to, (a) copy, modify, or create a derivative work of the Services; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, translate, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract any or all of the source code of, the Services...

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Cloud Terms
Entity
Google Cloud
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-055920
Document ID
CA-D-00646
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
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Content hash (SHA-256)
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Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 19:20 UTC
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Entity: Google Cloud
Document: Google Cloud Terms
Record ID: CA-P-055920
Captured: 2026-05-07 19:20:38 UTC
SHA-256: f6632267e31798be…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-cloud/google-cloud-terms/provision/CA-P-055920/customer-prohibited-from-copying-or-reverse-engineering-services/
Accessed: Sept. 23, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Google Cloud's Customer prohibited from copying or reverse engineering Services clause do?

The clause states: “Customer will not, and will not allow End Users to, (a) copy, modify, or create a derivative work of the Services; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, translate, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract any or all of the source code of, the Services...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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