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API Distribution Subject to Terms of Use

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Key Facts

How does Google Gemini make its models available to downstream providers?
Google Gemini makes its models available to downstream providers via an API subject to relevant terms of use.
What is the API subject to?
Google Gemini makes its models available to downstream providers via an API subject to relevant terms of use.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The clause establishes that downstream API access is not unrestricted but is conditioned on compliance with applicable terms of use.

Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify which terms of use are 'relevant' or where they can be found; 'relevant' is undefined, creating some ambiguity about the scope of the obligation.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Downstream providers accessing Google Gemini models via API are bound by relevant terms of use.

How other platforms handle this

ClickUp Medium

This Privacy Policy is also incorporated into and governed by our Terms of Use.

Tinder Medium

If your account is terminated by you or by Tinder for any reason, these Terms continue and remain enforceable between you and Tinder, and you will not be entitled to any refund for purchases made.

Perplexity AI Medium

These Terms and the licenses granted hereunder may be assigned by the Company but may not be assigned by you without the prior express written consent of the Company.

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Our models are available to downstream providers via an application program interface (API) and subject to relevant terms of use.

Excerpt from Google Gemini's Gemini 3.1 Pro Model Card

Provision details

Document information
Document
Gemini 3.1 Pro Model Card
Entity
Google Gemini
Document last updated
July 6, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 6, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-068360
Document ID
CA-D-00925
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
03a8f2f0985038892e38087e7dd7593dc83deabf61646ed68d6aed2984bd597a
Analysis generated
July 6, 2026 22:12 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Google Gemini
Document: Gemini 3.1 Pro Model Card
Record ID: CA-P-068360
Captured: 2026-07-06 22:12:58 UTC
SHA-256: 03a8f2f098503889…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-gemini/gemini-31-pro-model-card/provision/CA-P-068360/api-distribution-subject-to-terms-of-use/
Accessed: Aug. 24, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Google Gemini's API Distribution Subject to Terms of Use clause do?

The clause establishes that downstream API access is not unrestricted but is conditioned on compliance with applicable terms of use.

How does this clause affect you?

Downstream providers accessing Google Gemini models via API are bound by relevant terms of use.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 297 platforms. See the full comparison.

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