Gemini CLI: Terms of Service and Privacy Notice
Gemini CLI is an open-source tool that lets you interact with Google’s powerful language models directly from your command-line interface. The Terms of Service and Privacy Notices that apply to your usage of the Gemini CLI depend on the type of account you use to authenticate with Google.
This article outlines the specific terms and privacy policies applicable for different account types and authentication methods. Note: See quotas and pricing for the quota and pricing details that apply to your usage of the Gemini CLI.
How to determine your authentication method
Your authentication method refers to the method you use to log into and access the Gemini CLI. There are four ways to authenticate:
- Logging in with your Google account to Gemini Code Assist for Individuals
- Logging in with your Google account to Gemini Code Assist for Workspace, Standard, or Enterprise Users
- Using an API key with Gemini Developer
- Using an API key with Vertex AI GenAI API
For each of these four methods of authentication, different Terms of Service and Privacy Notices may apply.
1. If you have logged in with your Google account to Gemini Code Assist for Individuals
For users who use their Google account to access Gemini Code Assist for Individuals, these Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documents apply:
2. If you have logged in with your Google account to Gemini Code Assist for Workspace, Standard, or Enterprise Users
For users who use their Google account to access the Standard or Enterprise edition of Gemini Code Assist, these Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documents apply:
3. If you have logged in with a Gemini API key to the Gemini Developer API
If you are using a Gemini API key for authentication with the Gemini Developer API, these Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documents apply:
- Terms of Service: Your use of the Gemini CLI is governed by the Gemini API Terms of Service. These terms may differ depending on whether you are using an unpaid or paid service:
- Privacy Notice: The collection and use of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
4. If you have logged in with a Gemini API key to the Vertex AI GenAI API
If you are using a Gemini API key for authentication with a Vertex AI GenAI API backend, these Terms of Service and Privacy Notice documents apply:
Usage Statistics Opt-Out
You may opt-out from sending Usage Statistics to Google by following the instructions available here: Usage Statistics Configuration.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the Gemini CLI
1. Is my code, including prompts and answers, used to train Google’s models?
Whether your code, including prompts and answers, is used to train Google’s models depends on the type of authentication method you use and your account type.
By default (if you have not opted out):
- Google account with Gemini Code Assist for Individuals: Yes. When you use your personal Google account, the Gemini Code Assist Privacy Notice for Individuals applies. Under this notice,
your prompts, answers, and related code are collected and may be used to improve Google’s products, including for model training.
- Google account with Gemini Code Assist for Workspace, Standard, or Enterprise: No. For these accounts, your data is governed by the Gemini Code Assist Privacy Notices terms, which treat your inputs as confidential. Your prompts, answers, and related code are not collected and are not used to train models.
- Gemini API key via the Gemini Developer API: Whether your code is collected or used depends on whether you are using an unpaid or paid service.
- Unpaid services: Yes. When you use the Gemini API key via the Gemini Developer API with an unpaid service, the Gemini API Terms of Service - Unpaid Services terms apply. Under this notice, your prompts, answers, and related code are collected and may be used to improve Google’s products, including for model training.
- Paid services: No. When you use the Gemini API key via the Gemini Developer API with a paid service, the Gemini API Terms of Service - Paid Services terms apply, which treats your inputs as confidential. Your prompts, answers, and related code are not collected and are not used to train models.
- Gemini API key via the Vertex AI GenAI API: No. For these accounts, your data is governed by the Google Cloud Privacy Notice terms, which treat your inputs as confidential. Your prompts, answers, and related code are not collected and are not used to train models.
For more information about opting out, refer to the next question.
2. What are Usage Statistics and what does the opt-out control?
The Usage Statistics setting is the single control for all optional data collection in the Gemini CLI.
The data it collects depends on your account and authentication type:
- Google account with Gemini Code Assist for Individuals: When enabled, this setting allows Google to collect both anonymous telemetry (for example, commands run and performance metrics) and your prompts and answers, including code, for model improvement.
- Google account with Gemini Code Assist for Workspace, Standard, or Enterprise: This setting only controls the collection of anonymous telemetry. Your prompts and answers, including code, are never collected, regardless of this setting.
- Gemini API key via the Gemini Developer API:
Unpaid services: When enabled, this setting allows Google to collect both anonymous telemetry (like commands run and performance metrics) and your prompts and answers, including code, for model improvement. When disabled we will use your data as described in How Google Uses Your Data.
Paid services: This setting only controls the collection of anonymous telemetry. Google logs prompts and responses for a limited period of time, solely for the purpose of detecting violations of the Prohibited Use Policy and any required legal or regulatory disclosures.
- Gemini API key via the Vertex AI GenAI API: This setting only controls the collection of anonymous telemetry. Your prompts and answers, including code, are never collected, regardless of this setting.
Please refer to the Privacy Notice that applies to your authentication method for more information about what data is collected and how this data is used.
You can disable Usage Statistics for any account type by following the instructions in the Usage Statistics Configuration documentation.