The agreement establishes seven specific conditions under which a Payment Instrument will be removed from Google Pay and become unusable, including device inactivity for 90 days, Google Pay non-use for 12 months, and instructions from the card issuer or payment network.
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This provision identifies the automatic and issuer-triggered conditions under which a registered payment method becomes unavailable in Google Pay. Users who rely on Google Pay for recurring or in-store payments should be aware that inactivity or device connectivity failures can result in automatic removal.
Under this clause, payment instruments may be automatically removed from Google Pay on a device after 90 days of device inactivity with Google services or 12 consecutive months of Google Pay non-use, or upon instructions from the card issuer or payment network. Users must re-add the payment instrument if it is removed under any of these conditions.
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"A Payment Instrument may be removed from Google Pay on a given device and become unusable with the Service if: (i) you delete the Payment Instrument from Google Pay; (ii) you delete the Payment Instrument from your Google Payments account, or remove it as a payment method from your Google Account; (iii) you erase your mobile device using Android Device Manager; (iv) you delete your Google Account; (v) your mobile device fails to connect to any Google product or service for 90 consecutive days; (vi) you do not use Google Pay on the device for 12 consecutive months; and/or (vii) your Payment Instrument's issuer or payment network instructs Google to remove the Payment Instrument from Google Pay.Excerpt from Google Ads's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision does not directly implicate specific financial services regulations but interacts with payment services continuity expectations under PSD2 and national payment regulations.
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This provision identifies the automatic and issuer-triggered conditions under which a registered payment method becomes unavailable in Google Pay. Users who rely on Google Pay for recurring or in-store payments should be aware that inactivity or device connectivity failures can result in automatic removal.
Under this clause, payment instruments may be automatically removed from Google Pay on a device after 90 days of device inactivity with Google services or 12 consecutive months of Google Pay non-use, or upon instructions from the card issuer or payment network. Users must re-add the payment instrument if it is removed under any of these conditions.
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