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The minimum age requirement establishes a hard eligibility threshold that bars anyone under 16 from using Google Pay.
Interpretive note: A separate clause (id: 63346) sets a higher minimum age of 18 specifically for the Google Pay app. The relationship between the two thresholds is not resolved within these excerpts alone.
Users under 16 are prohibited from using Google Pay.
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"To use Google Pay you must be 16 years of age or older.Excerpt from Google Ads's Terms of Service
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The minimum age requirement establishes a hard eligibility threshold that bars anyone under 16 from using Google Pay.
Users under 16 are prohibited from using Google Pay.
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