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Clarify ToS and privacy documentation FAQs. (#4899)

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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](https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/resources/privacy-notice-gemini-code-assist-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](https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/security-privacy-compliance#standard_and_enterprise_data_protection_and_privacy) terms, which treat your inputs as confidential. Your **prompts, answers, and related code are not collected** and are not used to train models.
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- **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](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#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](https://cloud.google.com/terms/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** 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 are never collected, regardless of this setting.
- **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** for model improvement. When disabled we will use your data as described in [How Google Uses Your Data](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#data-use-unpaid).
**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](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms#data-use-unpaid).
**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 are never collected, regardless of this setting.
- **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](./cli/configuration.md#usage-statistics) documentation.