- **Does Google use the text or audio I send to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API?**

  If you are not enrolled in the [data logging opt-in
  program](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/data-logging), Google does not use any of your content
  for any purpose except to provide you with the Cloud Speech-to-Text API service. Content
  includes, for example, audio sent to the API or any returned transcripts.
- **Will Google share the audio I send to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API?**

  Google does not make the audio content sent to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API available to
  anyone else except as necessary to provide the Cloud Speech-to-Text API service. For
  example, sometimes we might need to use a third-party vendor to help us
  provide some aspect of our services, such as data storage or transmission.
  In these cases, that vendor is under appropriate security and
  confidentiality contractual obligations. We don't share your audio with
  other parties for any other purpose.
- **Will the audio I send to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API, the transcription results, or
  other information about the request itself, be stored on Google servers? If
  so, for how long and where is the information kept, and do I have access to
  it?**

  When you send audio to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API streaming or sync endpoints, Google
  processes it in memory and does not store any customer data. Google
  temporarily logs some metadata about your Cloud Speech-to-Text API requests (such as the
  time the request was received and the size of the request) in order to
  improve our service and combat abuse.

  When you send audio to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API async endpoint, the resulting
  transcript is stored for a period of approximately 5 days to give you time
  to retrieve the transcript. The input audio data is not stored by the
  Cloud Speech-to-Text API service. This is done strictly as a feature of the service, to
  enable convenient retrieval of the data. This data is not used by Google for
  any other purpose other than to deliver it to the user who requested that it
  be stored.

  > [!NOTE]
  > **Note:** Data from users that have opted-in to the [data logging opt-in
  > program](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/v1/data-logging) is governed by [those terms](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/data-logging-terms).

- **How does Google protect and ensure the security of the data I send to the
  Cloud Speech-to-Text API?**

  For detailed information on Google Cloud security measures, see the [Google
  Cloud Platform Security page](https://cloud.google.com/security).
- **Does Google use my data to improve Cloud Speech-to-Text API services?**

  Google only uses data from customers who have opted in to [data logging](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/v1/data-logging) and agreed to the relevant [terms](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/data-logging-terms) to improve its services. Data from
  customers who have not opted in to data logging is not stored or used by
  Google for anything other than providing the service to the customer.
- **Where is data sent to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API processed?**

  Data sent to Cloud Speech-to-Text is processed globally. Users can define a
  specific endpoint in order to limit processing of their data to within the
  European Union or the United States (see the [multi-region endpoints](https://docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/v1/endpoints) documentation for details). Limiting processing
  to a single Google Cloud region is not supported.
- **Does Google claim ownership of the content I send in the request to the
  Cloud Speech-to-Text API?**

  Google does not claim any ownership in any of the content (including the
  audio data and returned transcript) that you transmit to the Cloud Speech-to-Text API.
- **Can I resell the Cloud Speech-to-Text API?**

  No, you are not permitted to resell the Cloud Speech-to-Text API service. You can still
  integrate Cloud Speech-to-Text API into applications of independent value.