“Violates the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual property rights -- for example, using personal data or biometrics without legally-required consent.”
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This clause establishes that legal rights of third parties — including privacy and intellectual property — constrain how Google Gemini may be used, with legally-required consent as an explicit threshold.
Users are prohibited from using Google Gemini in ways that violate others' privacy or intellectual property rights, including processing personal data or biometrics without legally-required consent.
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Any material with respect to which you do not have all rights, power and authority necessary for its collection, use and processing, or where your use and provision to the Sites would breach any agreement between you and any third party.
Don't create or share defamatory or libelous content that could damage someone's reputation or falsely portray them in a harmful way.
Content that is unoriginal, plagiarized, or copied from another individual or organization.
"Violates the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual property rights -- for example, using personal data or biometrics without legally-required consent.Excerpt from Google Gemini's Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy
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This clause establishes that legal rights of third parties — including privacy and intellectual property — constrain how Google Gemini may be used, with legally-required consent as an explicit threshold.
Users are prohibited from using Google Gemini in ways that violate others' privacy or intellectual property rights, including processing personal data or biometrics without legally-required consent.
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