Google Lens Currently Rolling Out to iOS via Google Photos App

OR I can avoid dealing the issue and not use Google.

or you can avoid using the Internet all-together... since your are basically "the product" everywhere you go.

that's not what the TOS you quoted states, its not a boilerplate release to allow them to archive or make copies. Your quote states very plainly that you give google complete and full rights to your image to do anything and use your image without any further consent or notification.


[doublepost=1521207835][/doublepost]Its my images and I choose to not let google use, alter, copy, adapt, publish or display my images. Others do, and that's their choice but for me, I prefer protecting my rights and my images.

Respectfully, please re-read my comment. The archiving was an example, just as the displaying in different formats was an example. So was displaying on different devices. None were meant to be all encompassing.

More importantly, did you not read where I stated the language was not even from Google. It's from Apple. I even included the link. My point is you're not protecting anything. You're giving Apple the exact same permissions. If you use FB, you're giving those permissions to them. Pretty much any photo service you use has that exact same language.

that's not what the TOS you quoted states, its not a boilerplate release to allow them to archive or make copies. Your quote states very plainly that you give google complete and full rights to your image to do anything and use your image without any further consent or notification.


[doublepost=1521207835][/doublepost]Its my images and I choose to not let google use, alter, copy, adapt, publish or display my images. Others do, and that's their choice but for me, I prefer protecting my rights and my images.

Whoa, I think @69Mustang just said he actually got that quote from Apple. :eek:

Edit to add that I just clicked the link provided and yes it’s right there where he said it is.

You can always fix that issue by paying for GSuite ('https://gsuite.google.com/pricing.html?tab_activeEl=tabset-companies'). Then you're protected by their business license which is a lot more restricted than their personal license.

If you don't want to be the product, Google lets you pay.

OR I can avoid dealing the issue and not use Google.

I'm still not a fan of Google's services. You give them the right to use your images as they see fit, and that's something I'm not willing to accept.

Again, when the service is free, you are the product.

Fair enough, I admit, I was mistaken, when you mentioned you referenced the google TOS but used Apple's.

I always chuckle a little when people think Google’s terms of service allow them to use your photos for whatever they feel like. They don’t do that. Your photos and your documents are yours and yours alone.

Google makes this statement to clarify things:

How do the Terms of Service affect me?
“As our Terms of Service ('https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/') state, "You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours."

“We do not claim ownership in any of your content, including any text, data, information, and files that you upload, share, or store in your Drive account. What our Terms of Service do is enable us to give you the services you want — so if you decide to share a document with someone, or want to open it on a different device, we can provide that functionality.”

Sounds pretty reasonable, right?

Now read this one from Apple about what they’re allowed to do with your iCloud Drive files:

Removal of Content
“You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible or liable in any way for any Content provided by others and has no duty to pre-screen such Content. However, Apple reserves the right at all times to determine whether Content is appropriate and in compliance with this Agreement, and may pre-screen, move, refuse, modify and/or remove Content at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, if such Content is found to be in violation of this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable.”

So even though Apple loves talking about privacy, they have the right to examine your files and delete anything they don’t like without telling you.