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Google Maps Platform Terms of Service expanded its liability carve-out to explicitly include a fourth category: customer use of the Services in breach of any use or license restrictions. Previously, the agreement stated that nothing excludes or limits liability for intellectual property infringement, payment obligations, or matters that cannot be excluded under applicable law. The updated language adds that liability also cannot be excluded or limited for breaches of the agreement's use or license restrictions, creating an additional exception to liability limitations.
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The updated terms clarify that liability cannot be excluded or limited for customer breaches of the agreement's use or license restrictions. This means customers remain liable for violations of usage terms even if other liability limitations apply elsewhere in the agreement. This is a clarification of existing legal principles rather than a substantive expansion of customer obligations.
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Liability Carve-Out Provision (Section 16)
Expanded to explicitly state that liability for customer breaches of use or license restrictions cannot be excluded or limited.
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2026-10-11 · Feed summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
Previous text Expanded liability carve-out to include customer breaches of usage and license restrictions in Google Maps Platform Terms
2026-10-11 · Impact summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
Previous text The updated terms add a new liability carve-out stating that Google cannot contractually exclude or limit its liability for customer breaches of usage or license restrictions in the agreement. This means if a customer violates how they are permitted to use Google Maps Platform, Google retains full liability exposure for damages resulting from that breach. The change affects the contractual liability allocation between Google and customers using the platform.
2026-10-11 · Summary edited · summary regenerated by summarize_events
Previous text Google Maps Platform Terms of Service were modified to expand the non-excludable liability clause. The updated terms now state that nothing in the Agreement excludes or limits either party's liability for customer use of the Services in breach of any use or license restrictions. This addition means that Google cannot contractually cap its liability exposure if a customer violates the agreement's usage terms.
2026-10-07 · Change line edited · change line rewritten to the 2026-10-07 template: no detection date, no sentence counts
Previous text Google Maps updated their Google Maps Platform Terms of Service on August 28, 2026. Change detected: 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 817 sentences after update.
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Google Maps Platform Terms added explicit language stating that liability for customer breaches of use or license restrictions cannot be excluded or limited. This is a clarification provision that codifies existing legal principles—liability for breach …
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