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"If Customer reasonably believes that Google is processing Customer Personal Data in an unauthorized manner, Customer has the right to notify Google of such belief... and the parties will work together in good faith to remediate the allegedly violative processing activitiesExcerpt from Google Ads's Data Processing Terms
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The clause states: “If Customer reasonably believes that Google is processing Customer Personal Data in an unauthorized manner, Customer has the right to notify Google of such belief... and the parties will work together in good faith to remediate the allegedly violative processing activities”
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