Google Researcher Engagement – Transparency Centre Jump to Content Transparency Centre Transparency Centre Overview Our approach Our process Taking action Our policies Product policies Privacy, terms & AI Accountability Tools & programmes Reporting & appeals Partner programmes Researcher engagement Researcher engagement At Google, strong relationships with universities and research institutions are in our DNA. To cultivate these collaborations, we administer a variety of programmes that provide resources and support to the academic and external research communities. We provide data, tools, and publications to researchers, have researcher programmes that selected researchers may apply to, as well as deliver a number of outreach initiatives. Data, tools, and publications Researcher programmes Outreach Data, tools, and publications Google makes available a wide variety of data, tools, and publications to researchers studying digital safety and risks online. Internet safety data, tools, and publications for researchers Google Transparency Report On the Google Transparency Report website, we share reports and data that shed light on how the policies and actions of governments and corporations affect privacy, security and access to information. These include government requests to remove content, requests to delist content under European privacy law, content delistings due to copyright and the VLOSE/VLOP Transparency Report under the European Union Digital Services Act (EU DSA) Statement of reason data The EU Digital Services Act obliges providers of hosting services to send clear and specific statements of reasons to any affected recipient when they take certain actions on information that is reported to be illegal or violates the service’s terms and conditions. Google submits such ‘Statements of Reasons’ to the European Commission as part of the Digital Services Act. These statements include explanations of the impacted accounts, the specific facts and circumstances leading to the provider’s decision, the type of content at issue, the law or policy that was violated, and other relevant information. You can find the submissions provided by Google to the European Commission here. Learn more Ads Transparency Center Google collects data about advertising that appears on our very large online platforms and very large online search engine, including information about advertisement content, format, topic, sponsor, publishing period, the number of times an advertisement was shown, and the criteria selected by an advertiser to define the audience of an advertisement. Learn more Google Research publications on security, privacy and abuse prevention Google has researchers publishing on security, privacy and abuse prevention. We have people working on nearly every aspect of security, privacy and anti-abuse, including access control and information security, networking, operating systems, language design, cryptography, fraud detection and prevention, spam and abuse detection, denial of service, anonymity, privacy-preserving systems, disclosure controls, as well as user interfaces and other human-centered aspects of security and privacy. Learn more Lumen To increase transparency and accountability over our online content moderation practices, Google LLC shares certain legal notices that we receive requesting the removal of content from many of our services with a third-party project called Lumen. Lumen is an independent research project managed by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University that houses, analyses and publishes copies of online content takedown requests that have been voluntarily shared with Lumen by various companies, such as Google LLC. Its purpose is to educate the public and facilitate journalistic, academic or policy-focused research about the global notice and takedown 'ecology', and the availability of content on the web. Learn more 1 / DSA Article 40(4) Data Resources YouTube Google Search Google Maps Google Play Google Shopping DSA Access Modality & Terms DSA Researcher Point of Contact DSA 40(4) Data Access Portal YouTube YouTube Available data includes a variety of information about videos, channels, comments, and playlists on the platform. For YouTube videos, data includes details such as a video’s upload date, channel ID, title, description, likes, and view count. For YouTube channels, data includes subscriber counts and total channel views, as well as details about what videos a channel has chosen to feature, such as a channel's latest uploads, most popular uploads, or videos from one or more playlists. YouTube also provides information about comments on public videos, as well as replies to top-level comments. For playlists, YouTube provides information about resources, such as a video, that are part of a playlist, and details explaining how the resource is used in the playlist. Learn more about our data: YouTube Data API Overview Google Search Google Search Google Trends provides access to trending queries on Google Search. It’s anonymized (no one is personally identified), categorized (determining the topic for a search query) and aggregated (grouped together). This allows us to display interest in a particular topic from around the globe or down to city-level geography. From Google Trends, you can explore popular searches by location, learn about current affairs and issues, and examine how Trends data is used worldwide. For researchers affiliated with EU-based institutions, Google Search also makes available a Search Researcher Result API (SRR API). The SRR API is an authenticated API for approved researchers that grants each research project a given number of requests per day. The responses returned are nearly the same as a standard HTTP request sent from a browser. Learn more about our data: Google Trends; Search Researcher Result API (SRR API). Google Maps Google Maps Google Maps collects and maintains information that allows users to navigate the world around them. The service includes information about places, business, and experiences, and helps businesses build an online presence, engage with customers, and grow their business. The information about places and businesses includes some user-generated content, such as content from consumer users and merchant users (including ratings, reviews, and photography) and content provided by the merchant users interested in listing their business on Maps. Google Play Google Play Google Play collects information about the type, category, quality, relevance, and popularity of content on the platform, as well as about user and third-party content reviews. Depending on user preferences, we also gather information about user interests, impressions, interactions, and prior purchases with Google Play. Google Shopping Google Shopping Google Shopping allows users to browse products from advertisers and sellers who have chosen to display their products on Google Shopping. Google Shopping collects information to help users make informed decisions about items listed on Google Shopping, such as product and merchant ratings and reviews. To successfully match user queries with products, we also collect information about merchant products, including basic product data, price, and availability. Learn more about our data: Product Data Specification. DSA Access Modality & Terms DSA Access Modality & Terms Vetted researchers should use our data room to access the information we collect and maintain in a secure, privacy-protected manner. Access to our data room is subject to Terms of Service, which we require any researcher to accept if they use the data room. DSA Researcher Point of Contact DSA Researcher Point of Contact DSA Researchers can reach Google at dsa-article-40-4@google.com DSA 40(4) Data Access Portal DSA 40(4) Data Access Portal To submit a DSA Article 40(4) request, please visit the European Commission Data Access Portal here. Other data, tools, and publications for researchers Google Research resources Google Trends Dataset Search Data Commons Google Scholar Google Research resources Google Research resources We make tools and datasets available to the broader research community with the goal of building a more collaborative ecosystem. Learn more Google Trends Google Trends Google Trends lets you explore what the world is searching for. Gain insights into search patterns, all the way from 2004 and up until three minutes ago (real time). Researchers can use this data to measure search interest in a particular topic, in a particular place and at a particular time. To apply for access to the Google Trends API as a researcher, please fill in the form here. Learn more Dataset Search Dataset Search Dataset Search is a search engine for data sets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover data sets hosted in thousands of repositories across the web. As more dataset repositories use schema.org and similar standards to describe their datasets, the variety and coverage of datasets that users find in Dataset Search will continue to grow. Learn more Data Commons Data Commons Data Commons aims to organise all the world's public data and make it universally accessible and useful. Data Commons synthesises a single graph from different data sources. It links references to the same entities (such as cities, counties, organisations, etc.) across different datasets to nodes on the graph, so that users can access data about a particular entity aggregated from different sources without data cleaning or joining. We hope that the data contained within Data Commons will be useful to students, researchers and enthusiasts across different disciplines. Learn more Google Scholar Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Anyone can search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources and researchers can also make profiles showing their own work. Learn more Learn about the Researcher Programme The Researcher Programme equips qualified researchers with resources to advance the public’s understanding of certain Google services and their impact. Discover how to qualify Qualifying researchers from diverse disciplines can apply to obtain access to data from Google Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Google Shopping and YouTube to study those platforms from a wide range of perspectives and research frameworks. This programme is currently only available for researchers affiliated with an EU-based institution and may be expanded upon in the future. Researchers interested in other data sets and research tools provided by Google should visit Google Research. Apply now How the programme works Confirm your eligibility with relevant platforms Submit your application (requires a Google Account) If approved, access the tool(s) relevant to your research Review the eligibility requirements Qualifying researchers: are affiliated with not for profit bodies, organisations and associations; are independent from commercial interests; disclose in their application the funding of their research; are able to meet specific data security and confidentiality requirements corresponding to each request and to protect personal data; describe in their application the appropriate technical and organisational measures that they have put in place to meet data security and confidentiality requirements; demonstrate in their application that their access to data and the time frames requested are necessary for, and proportionate to, the purposes of their research; demonstrate in their application that the expected results of their research will contribute to the detection, identification and understanding of the impacts of the services in the European Union, and to the assessment of the adequacy, efficiency and impacts of related risk mitigation measures in the European Union. Note: Individual platform teams may have additional eligibility requirements beyond those listed here. View the programme policies We’ve summarised the eligibility requirements and conditions on this page. Be sure to review the Acceptable Use Policy before you apply. To participate in the programme, applicants must review and agree to the policies outlined. Selected researchers must agree to the Acceptable Use Policy, along with any general Terms of Service for the platform(s) that the researcher is accessing. You are fully responsible for your research and publications. In addition, Google won’t own any IP related to your research, publications or any research outcomes, or recommendations. Other researcher programmes YouTube Researcher Program YouTube is equipping eligible academic researchers from around the world with data, tools, and support to advance the public’s understanding of YouTube’s platform and its impact. Learn more Google Search Researcher Program Google Search is providing eligible academic researchers programmatic access to the search results page to help the public better understand how Google responds to search queries. Learn more Outreach We administer a variety of outreach programmes that provide support to the academic and external research communities Awards Trust and safety research awards Google is committed to supporting innovative research and professors working to create positive societal impact with technology, particularly in areas relevant to trust and safety. Google is looking to fund and actively collaborate with the academic research community, exploring opportunities to expand our knowledge of trust and safety concerns In addition, we have other awards that aren’t solely focused on trust and safety, where we often fund researchers in these programmes working in trust and safety, privacy and security. Learn more Research Scholar Programme The Research Scholar Programme aims to support early-career professors who are pursuing research in fields relevant to Google. The Research Scholar Programme provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world, and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors. Learn more Award for Inclusion Research programme The Award for Inclusion Research Programme recognises and supports academic research in computing and technology that addresses the needs of historically marginalised groups globally. Learn more 1 / Events We have Google teams working across privacy, security, content responsibility and family safety around the world. Our Google Safety Engineering Centres in Munich, Dublin and Málaga help guide this Internet safety work, led by experienced teams of engineers, policy specialists and subject matter experts. Through our network of centres, we collaborate and share this work with researchers, policymakers and regulators. Part of this work includes holding regular events for these audiences on topics, such as security and child safety [e.g. photos] Specifically for researchers, we also organise events focused on having our researchers collaborate with the academic community, like our workshop on at-risk users and our AI Research Day in France, which focused entirely on AI privacy, safety and security research. Footer links Social Module Follow us Follow us on YouTube Transparency resources Ads Transparency Center Transparency Report About our products How Search works How YouTube works Help Centre Responsibility Public policy Protecting children Safety Centre Responsible AI About Google Google products Privacy Terms Cookies management controls Help