“each party will comply with the obligations applicable to it under Applicable Data Protection Legislation with respect to the processing of Customer Personal Data.”
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The clause places binding data protection compliance obligations on both parties, meaning the Customer as well as Google Ads bears responsibility under applicable data protection law.
Both Google Ads and the Customer are independently required to meet their respective data protection law obligations regarding Customer Personal Data.
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"each party will comply with the obligations applicable to it under Applicable Data Protection Legislation with respect to the processing of Customer Personal Data.Excerpt from Google Ads's Data Processing Terms
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The clause places binding data protection compliance obligations on both parties, meaning the Customer as well as Google Ads bears responsibility under applicable data protection law.
Both Google Ads and the Customer are independently required to meet their respective data protection law obligations regarding Customer Personal Data.
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