Google Gemini API (unpaid services)
From AI API data terms: training, retention and zero retention: What does each AI provider say happens to data sent to its commercial API: is it used for training, how long is it kept, and can zero retention be had?
Provider: Google
The company offering the API, as named on its own page.
Any Services that are offered free of charge like direct interactions with Google AI Studio or unpaid quota in Gemini API are unpaid Services
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Offering: Unpaid quota in Gemini API
The API, tier or platform the row covers, in the provider's words.
Any Services that are offered free of charge like direct interactions with Google AI Studio or unpaid quota in Gemini API are unpaid Services
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Trains on API data by default: Yes
True or false only where the text plainly says what happens to this offering's API data with no opt-in or opt-out by the customer. An opt-out with no stated default is left blank. Where pages differ: legal or privacy page first, then help or trust pages, then developer docs, with the other in conflicts.
When you use Unpaid Services, including, for example, Google AI Studio and the unpaid quota on Gemini API, Google uses the content you submit to the Services and any generated responses to provide, improve, and develop Google products and services and machine learning technologies
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Default retention: Fifty-five (55) days for the purposes of detecting and preventing violations of the prohibited use policy
How long prompts and outputs are kept by default, in the provider's words. Where pages differ: legal or privacy page first, then help or trust pages, then developer docs, with the other in conflicts. A page that's only less specific isn't a conflict: the more specific statement is the value.
Google retains the following data for fifty-five (55) days for the purposes of detecting and preventing violations of the Prohibited Use Policy
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/usage-policies. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Exceptions: In the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, the paid services terms apply to all services, including unpaid quota in the Gemini API
The main case with different retention, in the provider's words: first a model carved out of the general promise, then a feature, then a case such as flagged content. Pages rank as for Default retention; between pages of equal rank, the one naming the models. One passage only, so others may exist.
If you're in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, the terms under "How Google uses Your Data" in "Paid Services" apply to all Services, including Google AI Studio and unpaid quota in the Gemini API, even though they are offered free of charge.
Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Zero retention offered: Not found
True only where the provider plainly offers zero data retention by that name for this offering; false only where it plainly excludes it. A similar control under another name is left blank here and described in How to get it.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
How to get it: Not found
What the provider says is needed for zero retention. Where it has no offer by that name, its nearest named control or pointer, in its own words. Where pages differ: legal or privacy page first, then help or trust pages, then developer docs, with the other in conflicts.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
BAA available: Not found
True where the provider says it signs or offers a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement, or sets terms for use under one, for this offering. A general cloud BAA that the page doesn't tie to this offering, or an invitation to ask, is left blank.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.
Data location: Not found
Where the provider states data is processed or stored, in its words. Where pages differ: legal or privacy page first, then help or trust pages, then developer docs, with the other in conflicts.
No source we could use stated this. A blank never means no.