“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”
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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.
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.
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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 lawExcerpt from Google's Terms of Service
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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.
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.
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