Google gives you a limited personal right to use its software, but you cannot copy, modify, sell, or reverse-engineer any Google product or service.
Establishes explicit limitations on user rights to Google's proprietary software and explicitly prohibits reverse-engineering.
View full change record →Users cannot legally reverse-engineer Google software to understand how it works, audit it for privacy issues, or create interoperable tools — limiting transparency and user autonomy.
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Compare across platforms →These restrictions limit what you can do with Google's products and could affect security researchers, developers, or users who want to audit or modify software they rely on.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates the EU Software Directive (2009/24/EC) Art. 6, which guarantees limited reverse engineering rights for interoperability purposes regardless of contractual restrictions. The EU Interoperability Act and Digital Markets Act (DMA) impose additional obligations on Google as a designated gatekeeper to enable interoperability. US Copyright Act 17 U.S.C. §1201 (DMCA anti-circumvention) and §117 govern software use rights. EU Cyber Resilience Act may further affect restrictions on security research.
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