Last change detected July 11, 2026Terms of service
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Key Facts
What does Google require users to use the Service in accordance with?
Google requires users to use the Service in accordance with the Google Tag Manager Use Policy.
What does Google require users to use the Service in accordance with?
Google requires users to use the Service in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy.
What does Google require users to comply with?
Google requires users to comply with all applicable agreements and regulations relating to the collection of information.
What does Google require users to comply with?
Google requires users to comply with the EU user consent policy.
What do the user and Google agree to when the user's use of the Service is within scope?
Google requires that, to the extent the user's use of the Service is within scope, the user and Google agree to the Google Ads Data Processing Terms.
What is Google not responsible for?
Google is not responsible for third-party tags.
Will Google share GTM data with any other Google product without the user's consent?
Google will not share GTM data with any other Google product without the user's consent.
What must users who use the Service to support third-party or user-designed products or services have and abide by?
Google requires users who use the Service to support third-party or user-designed products or services to have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy.
What does Google prohibit users from using the Service to engage in or promote?
Google prohibits users from using the Service, or allowing third parties to use the Service, to engage in or promote any unlawful, infringing, defamatory, or otherwise harmful activity.
What activity does Google prohibit?
Google prohibits users from using the Service, or allowing third parties to use the Service, to engage in or promote any unlawful, infringing, defamatory, or otherwise harmful activity.
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These terms govern how you may use Google Tag Manager and require you to follow Google's use policy, privacy policy, and EU consent rules. You are personally responsible for ensuring any third-party tags you upload are properly licensed and that you have your own privacy policy in place if you use the Service to support your products or services. Google will not share your Tag Manager data with other Google products unless you consent, but it takes no responsibility for the behavior of third-party tags.
Analysis
This document establishes the terms under which users may access and operate Google Tag Manager, imposing a comprehensive set of use-compliance obligations that incorporate by reference several external policy documents, including the Google Tag Manager Use Policy, the Google Privacy Policy, the EU user consent policy, and, where scoped, the Google Ads Data Processing Terms. Users bear full responsibility for complying with all applicable data-collection laws and agreements, maintaining appropriate privacy policies when deploying the Service in support of their own or third-party products, and guaranteeing they hold the necessary rights to upload any third-party tags. Google limits its own liability by explicitly disclaiming responsibility for third-party tags and restricts its own data-sharing by committing not to share GTM data with other Google products without user consent. Users are also prohibited from interfering with or circumventing the Service, engaging in or enabling unlawful or harmful activity, and using the Service to access other Google products in violation of those products' respective terms.
What this means for you
As a user of Google Tag Manager, you are contractually bound to comply with Google's Tag Manager Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and EU user consent policy, and you personally bear responsibility for meeting all applicable data-collection regulations — Google does not absorb that compliance burden on your behalf. You must maintain your own privacy policy if you deploy the Service in connection with any product or service you offer, and you must verify that you hold the rights to any third-party tags you upload. Google has committed not to share your GTM data with other Google products without your consent, which represents a concrete data-sharing boundary you can rely on.
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Users operating under EU jurisdiction, or whose activities touch EU users, are bound by Google's specific EU user consent policy as a contractual obligation.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 286 platforms
Scoped use of the Service automatically incorporates the Google Ads Data Processing Terms as a binding contractual document, without requiring a separate signature.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 300 platforms
This clause restricts Google from using GTM data across its other products unless the user has consented, providing a meaningful data-sharing boundary.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 290 platforms
This clause places a mandatory privacy policy requirement on users who deploy the Service in support of third-party or their own products, ensuring end-user disclosures exist.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 275 platforms
This clause makes users contractually responsible not only for their own conduct but also for any third party they allow to misuse the Service in these ways.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 286 platforms
This clause extends the user's contractual obligations to cover cross-product conduct, making violations of other Google products' terms a breach of this agreement as well.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 286 platforms
This clause makes users contractually responsible not only for their own conduct but also for any third party they allow to use the Service for unlawful, infringing, defamatory, or otherwise harmful activity.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 286 platforms
This clause places full intellectual property responsibility on the user for any third-party tags uploaded, removing Google from liability for unauthorized uploads.
Added July 11, 2026StandardSeen across 260 platforms
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