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Credit Card Data Must Not Be Collected Insecurely

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obtaining credit card information over a non-secure server

Excerpt from Google Ads's Advertising Policies Overview

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Ads Advertising Policies Overview
Entity
Google Ads
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 20, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-004919, captured July 15, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063184
Document ID
CA-D-000854
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-004919)
c19871368c27f2b3bf3d272e11419d5f16c5abc105d29a698d3fdd656451c7a8
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-004919, captured July 15, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Not the current version. The document's current version is CA-V-007675, captured Oct. 17, 2026; this clause has not been re-checked against it.
Citation Record
Entity: Google Ads
Document: Google Ads Advertising Policies Overview
Record ID: CA-P-063184
Version: CA-V-004919
Captured: 2026-07-15 01:23:48 UTC
SHA-256: c19871368c27f2b3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-ads/google-ads-advertising-policies-overview/provision/CA-P-063184/credit-card-data-must-not-be-collected-insecurely/
Accessed: Nov. 5, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Google Ads's Credit Card Data Must Not Be Collected Insecurely clause do?

The clause states: “obtaining credit card information over a non-secure server”

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