Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
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Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
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Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#2Google says you can request a review if you believe something should not have been flagged as a ToS violation but no mention is given to any rights you have. To me this reads as "You can request whatever you want but it might not mean anything in reality.": https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2463328
Conversely, the information for how to report what you perceive as a ToS violation is far more complete: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2463296
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#3Next is email, including ML attachment policing
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#4If you're not using your own backup solution on your own hardware, located on your own property, you're failing IT 101.
Any cloud service can change their Terms of Service without notice, and those changes are almost always detrimental to customers.
Seriously, move your saved data in-house. Cloud drives are for ignorant consumers.
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#5If you use anything on a commercial basis with Google, go to small claims court without hesitation, and pull the answer from them rather than keep paying them to lawyertroll you on your own money.
Depending on your jurisdiction, small claim courts can actually shut down the binding arbitration clause.
In Canada, Google had a long history of losing by defaults in small claims
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#6If you use anything on a commercial basis with Google, go to small claims court without hesitation, and pull the answer from them rather than keep paying them to lawyertroll you on your own money. Depending on your jurisdiction, small claim courts can actually shut down the binding arbitration clause. In Canada, Google had a long history of losing by defaults in small claims
If you do this though; be prepared to lose access to everything you have in Google.
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#7If you use anything on a commercial basis with Google, go to small claims court without hesitation, and pull the answer from them rather than keep paying them to lawyertroll you on your own money. Depending on your jurisdiction, small claim courts can actually shut down the binding arbitration clause. In Canada, Google had a long history of losing by defaults in small claims
If you do this though; be prepared to lose access to everything you have in Google.
Yep - here's how to download your Google data https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#8Note that you can still access your files, they are not blocking that or restricting that. Its the sharing that's blocked.
Re: Google Drive may restrict files identified as violating ToS
#9I don't quite grasp the panic about this: my impression is Google currently restricts ToS violations from sharing (your own access is retained).
The only change here is end-users will be explicitly notified (and can theoretically contest the decision).
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#10I believe this may be due to the popular spamming method lately which is tagging people into a Google Docs and share it so everyone receives a notification (the spam message). It works better than regular email spam since apparently Gmail doesn't treat Google Docs notification email as spam (at least not as often).