Does Google review the product images and prompts I use in Product Studio, and what do reviewers see? Quality reviewers may see inputs, outputs and instructions.

Problem. Pre-release or confidential product photos could be exposed to human reviewers when put through a free generative tool. Conditions. Product Studio in Merchant Center or the Shopify Google & YouTube app. Method. Per the page, a team of quality reviewers may review inputs and new images or videos; reviewers see the original offer images, the generated images or videos and the instructions given. The page says only the information needed to assess quality is shared and confidential business information is protected. To use the tool a seller must accept the Terms of Service and, by country, Product Studio Additional Terms. Failure modes. Uploading unreleased products or embargoed designs. Limitations. The page does not give retention periods, opt-out or reviewer location; terms were not read in this round. Version and date. Undated page fetched 2026-10-24. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction C3-B793-01 (verified by audit re-fetch): the help page requires agreeing to the Terms of Service; it does not document a by-country acceptance of Product Studio Additional Terms (only a Learn more link). Do not state a by-country acceptance requirement. Limitations: Correction C3-B793-01 (verified by audit re-fetch): the help page requires agreeing to the Terms of Service; it does not document a by-country acceptance of Product Studio Additional Terms (only a Learn more link). Do not state a by-country acceptance requirement. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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