“Google has no obligation to protect Customer Personal Data that Customer elects to store or transfer outside of Google's and its Subprocessors' systems.”
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The clause removes Google Ads' data protection obligations for any Customer Personal Data the Customer moves outside Google's and its Subprocessors' controlled environments, placing full responsibility on the Customer for such data.
If you, as Customer, choose to store or transfer Customer Personal Data outside Google's and its Subprocessors' systems, Google Ads has no obligation to protect that data.
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"Google has no obligation to protect Customer Personal Data that Customer elects to store or transfer outside of Google's and its Subprocessors' systems.Excerpt from Google Ads's Data Processing Terms
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The clause removes Google Ads' data protection obligations for any Customer Personal Data the Customer moves outside Google's and its Subprocessors' controlled environments, placing full responsibility on the Customer for such data.
If you, as Customer, choose to store or transfer Customer Personal Data outside Google's and its Subprocessors' systems, Google Ads has no obligation to protect that data.
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