Tell HN: No, Google Drive’s TOS does NOT grant them ownership of your files.

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capo

14 years ago

This keeps popping up on HN and refuses to die:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3888705

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3886783

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3894287

Although it was countered by those who actually bothered to read the TOS:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120424/17562518637/calm-down-internet-google-drives-terms-are-standard-countless-websites-including-gmail.shtml

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/25/2973849/google-drive-terms-privacy-data-skydrive-dropbox-icloud

Also there is no such thing as the Google Drive TOS, there is the Google TOS and it’s not new, it's the same boilerplate stuff used everywhere.

FUD was inevitable seeing how many established competitors Google has in this area, but I suggest reading the text in question (in its entirety) from the source and making your own conclusions:

http://www.google.com/policies/terms/

Google Apps TOS:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/standard_terms.html

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