Does Google Gemini API train on your data?
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By default, yes, according to the vendor's published terms.
The vendor states that inputs are used for training by default on Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota). Read on 12 Nov 2026. The plan your company actually holds, and any negotiated terms, decide what applies to you.
Note. The terms distinguish unpaid and paid services; the paid-service terms were not extracted and are recorded as unknown.
This page is short: 2 facts have been read and sourced for Google Gemini API so far. Everything else is listed below as unknown.
A summary of what the vendor publishes, not legal advice, not an assessment of the vendor and not an endorsement. How this page was made.
What the vendor states, plan by plan
| Plan | Trains on your data | Default retention | Human review of inputs | Single sign-on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota)Consumer / free | Yes, by default | Unknown | Yes | Unknown |
“Unknown” means the vendor's page that would answer this was not read, or could not be opened. It does not mean “no”.
Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota)
On Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota), the vendor states that inputs may be used to train its models. The vendor states that people may review inputs. Not verified: default retention.
- Trains on customer data
- Yes, by default
Stated for content submitted to unpaid services and the generated responses.
“to provide, improve, and develop Google products and services and machine learning technologies”
The vendor states this on aistudio.google.com, read on 12 Nov 2026
- Human review of inputs
- Yes
“To help with quality and improve our products, human reviewers may read, annotate, and process your API input and output.”
The vendor states this on aistudio.google.com, read on 12 Nov 2026
Unknown for this plan: Default retention; Zero-retention option; Deletion on request; Single sign-on (SSO); SCIM provisioning; Audit logs; Admin console; Data residency options; Customer-managed keys.
What remains unknown
- Default retention
- Zero-retention option
- Deletion on request
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- SCIM provisioning
- Audit logs
- Admin console
- Data residency options
- Customer-managed keys
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO/IEC 27001
- ISO/IEC 42001
- HIPAA BAA available
- FedRAMP
- GDPR DPA available
- Company headquarters
- Data processing location
- Model providers used
None of these was guessed, inferred from another vendor or filled from memory. Ask the vendor, using the list below.
- Trains by default on the consumer plan. Applies to: Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota). Employees using personal accounts are on these terms.
- Enterprise controls not verified. SSO, SCIM and audit logs have not been checked for this tool yet.
How to check Google Gemini API in your own company
- 01Find out which plan each account is on. People who signed up with a personal address are on the personal terms, whatever the company bought.
- 02Read the vendor's own page, linked under each fact below, and check that the sentence quoted here is still there. Pages change; the date shows when this one was read.
- 03Compare with your contract or order form. Where a data processing agreement or negotiated terms exist, they take precedence over the public pages.
- 04Record the plan, the setting and the date in your AI inventory, so that the answer exists the next time a customer or auditor asks.
What to ask the vendor
Neutral questions for the points the vendor's public pages left open. Ask for the answer in writing.
- 01How long are prompts, files and outputs kept by default, and can an administrator shorten that period?
- 02Is a zero-retention option available on our plan, and what does it exclude (for example abuse monitoring logs)?
- 03How do we request deletion of our data, and within how many days is it completed, including backups?
- 04Is single sign-on available on our plan, and can sign-in with personal accounts be blocked for our domain?
- 05Is SCIM provisioning available, so that leavers lose access automatically?
- 06Are audit logs available to administrators, and can they be exported to our security tooling?
- 07Is there an administrator console where data controls can be set for every account in our organisation?
- 08Where is our data processed and stored, and can a region be chosen?
- 09Can we hold the encryption keys for our data?
- 10Do the statements on your public pages apply to our contract as written, or do negotiated terms override them?
Questions about Google Gemini API
- Does Google Gemini API train on your data?
- By default, yes, according to the vendor's published terms. The vendor states that inputs are used for training by default on Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota). Read on 12 Nov 2026. The plan your company actually holds, and any negotiated terms, decide what applies to you.
- Is Google Gemini API safe to use at work?
- GhostAudit does not rate tools. Whether Google Gemini API is acceptable for your company depends on the plan you hold, the data people put into it and your own policy. This page records what the vendor states, with the wording and the source, so that decision can be made on facts: Unpaid services (AI Studio, free API quota): yes, by default (training on customer data).
- When were these facts checked, and how do I report an error?
- The vendor's pages were read on 12 Nov 2026. Every quotation was checked against the stored text of its source page on that date. To report an inaccuracy, email [email protected] with the page that shows the current wording.
How this page was made, and how to correct it
Every fact above is a statement found on a page Google itself publishes. The page was fetched and reduced to text, the statement was recorded with its exact wording, and the quotation was checked against the stored text of the page. Quotations are at most 25 words. Search results, blogs and third-party summaries were not used.
These are summaries of statements the vendor publishes, as read on the date shown. They are not legal advice, not an assessment of the vendor and not an endorsement. Vendors change their terms: open the linked source and check your own contract before you rely on a statement.
Found an error, or are you the vendor? Report an inaccuracy with the page that shows the current wording. The page is re-read; the fact, its quotation and its date are corrected, or the fact is set to unknown if the page cannot be opened. The full method.
The vendor's official pages
- Privacy policypolicies.google.com
- Data processing agreementcloud.google.com
- Subprocessorsworkspace.google.com
- Trust centrecloud.google.com
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