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Prohibition on Reverse Engineering Services

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Key Facts

Does Google prohibit reverse engineering its services?
Google prohibits reverse engineering its services or underlying technology, such as its machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information, except as allowed by applicable law.
Does Google prohibit reverse engineering its underlying technology?
Google prohibits reverse engineering its services or underlying technology, such as its machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information, except as allowed by applicable law.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users are barred from attempting to uncover Google's proprietary methods or technology through reverse engineering, with a narrow exception for what applicable law permits.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is a noun phrase without surrounding sentence structure. The canonical claim treats it as a prohibition consistent with the clause name and type. The exception for applicable law is noted in omitted_material but is incorporated into the canonical claim as a qualifier per the fidelity rule.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Apr 19, 2026

The updated terms materially reduce service quality commitments. The revised language replaces Google's prior commitment to provide services using "reasonable skill and care" with an explicit as-is disclaimer stating that services are provided "without any express or implied warranties" unless stated in service-specific terms. The updated terms now explicitly apply to all users whether signed in to a Google account or not, extending their scope. Google also clarifies that its Privacy Policy applies to service use. These changes establish that users have fewer contractual recourse options if services fail to function as expected, except where service-specific additional terms or applicable law provide otherwise.

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
5
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

You are prohibited from reverse engineering Google's services or technology, such as its machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or proprietary information, unless applicable law specifically allows it.

How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.

Tinder Medium

"Frame" or "mirror" any part of our Services without Tinder's prior written authorization;

Mailchimp Medium

Send content created in Mailchimp through another service.

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reverse engineering our services or underlying technology, such as our machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or other proprietary information, except as allowed by applicable law

Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Terms of Service
Entity
Google
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-017331
Document ID
CA-D-00014
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
00124739ddcbdc094de23534a5e6c30ffe56db3ebfaa911ced9a8f92a1462a9f
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 17:17 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Google
Document: Google Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-017331
Captured: 2026-07-09 17:17:50 UTC
SHA-256: 00124739ddcbdc09…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google/google-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-017331/prohibition-on-reverse-engineering-services/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Google's Prohibition on Reverse Engineering Services clause do?

Users are barred from attempting to uncover Google's proprietary methods or technology through reverse engineering, with a narrow exception for what applicable law permits.

How does this clause affect you?

You are prohibited from reverse engineering Google's services or technology, such as its machine learning models, to extract trade secrets or proprietary information, unless applicable law specifically allows it.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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