# Terms & Privacy

Last modified: May 14, 2025

## ML KIT Terms of Service

The following terms apply to your use of ML Kit APIs. These terms incorporate
and are subject to the Google [APIs Terms of Service](https://developers.google.com/terms).

### General Terms

1. For purposes of these terms, machine learning models will be considered
   related software.

2. ML Kit APIs run on-device. When using the ML Kit APIs, you may not reverse
   engineer or attempt to extract the source code or any related software, except
   to the extent that this restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law.

3. Your use of the ML Kit GenAI API is subject to the [ML Kit GenAI API
   Additional Terms of Service](https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai-terms).

## Privacy

When you use ML Kit APIs, processing of the input data (e.g. images, video,
text) fully happens on-device, and **ML Kit does not send that data and the
resultant outputs to Google servers**.

The ML Kit APIs may contact Google servers from time to time in order to receive
things like bug fixes, updated models and hardware accelerator compatibility
information. The ML Kit APIs also send metrics about the performance and
utilization of the APIs in your app to Google. Google uses this metrics data to
measure performance, debug, maintain and improve the APIs, and detect misuse or
abuse, as further described in our [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).

**You are responsible for informing users of your app about Google's processing
of ML Kit metrics data as required by applicable law.**

For additional details to help support your Google Play and Apple App Store
disclosures requirements, please refer to:

- [Google Play's data disclosure requirements](https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/android-data-disclosure)
- [Apple's App Store data disclosure requirements](https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/ios-data-disclosure)