Comparison of cloud storage conditions

According to this comparison, Google's standard terms are especially serious in the context of personal cloud storage.

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/terms

"By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, "your stuff"). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don't claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff or intellectual property except for the limited rights that are needed to run the Services, as explained below."

"By using our services you provide us with information, files and folders that you send to Dropbox (all together, "your stuff"). You will retain full ownership of your things. We do not claim ownership of any of them. These Terms do not grant us any rights in your stuff or your intellectual property except for the limited rights that are necessary to perform the services, as explained below. "

SkyDrive

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/microsoft-service-agreement?SignedIn=1

"Except for material that we license to you, we don't claim ownership of the content you provide on the service. Your content remains your content. We also don't control, verify, or endorse the content that you and others make available on the service."

"Microsoft does not claim ownership of the content you provide on the service, except for the content licensed to you. The content will remain your property. Microsoft also does not control, verify, or endorse the content that you and other users make available on the Service."

You understand that Microsoft may need, and you hereby grant Microsoft the right, to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, distribute, and display content posted on the service solely to the extent necessary to provide the service.

"You understand that Microsoft may need to use, modify, adapt, reproduce, distribute, and display content posted on the Service only to the extent necessary to provide the Service, and you hereby grant Microsoft these rights."

Google Drive

http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/

"You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.

- Publicidad -

When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content."

"You retain intellectual property and rights to your content. In short, what belongs to him, remains his.

When you upload or submit your content to our services, you are granting Google (and those with whom we work) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as translations, adaptations, or changes that make your content work better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, and distribute such content."

In short, what you think Google doesn't care.

Cristian from the Segu-Info Newsroom

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