Google Terms of Service

This document is Google's general Terms of Service, governing use of Google's products and services including Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Play, and other offerings, with stated legal basis in contract formation upon user acceptance. The agreement states that users grant Google a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, communicate, publish, and distribute content users upload or submit to Google services, with the scope of that license tied to the purpose of operating and improving services. The terms authorize Google to suspend or terminate user access, modify or discontinue services without notice in some circumstances, and assert limitations on Google's liability that may be subject to applicable consumer protection law constraints in certain jurisdictions, particularly the EU and UK. The document engages GDPR, CCPA, the EU Digital Services Act, and consumer protection frameworks in the EU and UK; users in those jurisdictions may have rights beyond what the base terms describe, and some liability limitation clauses may not be fully enforceable under mandatory consumer protection statutes in those regions. Material compliance considerations include the breadth of the content license grant, the scope of service modification rights, and the governing law and dispute resolution clauses, which designate California courts and US law for users outside the EU but include local law carve-outs for certain jurisdictions.