Update Terms of Service and Privacy Notice for clarity. - #3036
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This pull request focuses on enhancing the clarity and comprehensiveness of the Gemini CLI's Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documentation. The changes aim to provide users with a more intuitive understanding of which policies apply based on their authentication method and account type, particularly concerning data collection and usage.
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- Document Restructuring: The
docs/tos-privacy.mdfile has been significantly restructured to improve readability and clarity. The previous numbered sections for authentication methods have been replaced with a new introductory section outlining how to determine the authentication method, followed by detailed sections for each method. - Authentication Method Summary Table: A new comprehensive table has been added to the document, providing a quick reference for all four authentication methods, associated account types, and their respective Terms of Service and Privacy Notice links. This centralizes key information for easier access.
- Clarified Data Usage Policies: The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section, particularly the question regarding whether code, prompts, and answers are used to train Google's models, has been extensively rewritten. It now provides explicit, detailed answers for each of the four authentication methods, making it much clearer under which conditions data is collected or not.
- Enhanced Usage Statistics Explanation: The explanation of 'Usage Statistics' and its opt-out control has been expanded and clarified. Similar to the data usage FAQ, it now explicitly details what data is collected for each authentication and account type when usage statistics are enabled or disabled.
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This pull request significantly improves the clarity and organization of the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documentation. The restructuring of the content, addition of a summary table, and more explicit language in the FAQ make it much easier for users to understand which policies apply to their specific authentication method and account type. I have reviewed the changes for correctness and clarity and found no high or critical severity issues. The updates are a valuable improvement to the user documentation.
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TLDR
Updates the existing Terms of Service and Privacy Notice for clarity.
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Updates the existing Terms of Service and Privacy Notice to make it clearer which authentication methods and which accounts are associated with which policies.
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