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The clause establishes a broad, tripartite prohibition covering physical, mental, and moral harm to minors, meaning advertisers must assess all three dimensions of potential impact on minors before running audiovisual ads.
Minors are protected from audiovisual commercial communications that would cause them physical, mental, or moral detriment through Google Ads.
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Therefore, we do not "sell" or "share" data (as defined by applicable law) belonging to minors.
The names you choose and criteria you establish for your events, conversions, and any custom audiences you create must not reflect, imply or be based on any category of information described in this Section 1.h.
"audiovisual commercial communications shall not cause physical, mental or moral detriment to minorsExcerpt from Google Ads's Restricted Content Policy
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The clause establishes a broad, tripartite prohibition covering physical, mental, and moral harm to minors, meaning advertisers must assess all three dimensions of potential impact on minors before running audiovisual ads.
Minors are protected from audiovisual commercial communications that would cause them physical, mental, or moral detriment through Google Ads.
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