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User Permits Sharing Personal Info with Merchants for Transactions

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The permission to share is conditioned on necessity for transaction processing, but it encompasses merchants, payment processors, and a broad category of other third parties, meaning personal information may reach multiple external parties.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are required to permit Google to share their personal information with merchants, payment processors, and other third parties to the extent necessary to process their transactions.

How other platforms handle this

Webull Medium

disclosure is required by a third-party to complete a transaction initiated by the user

Squarespace Medium

Your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you live, such as, for example, to our servers in the US.

Ancestry Medium

Any such de-identified genetic information and phenotypic information we share with third parties for research purposes is done in accordance with Part 46 (beginning with Section 46.101) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Where necessary to process your transactions, you also permit Google to share your personal information with merchants, payment processors, and other third parties.

— Excerpt from Google Ads's Google Ads Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Ads Terms of Service
Entity
Google Ads
Document last updated
May 20, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063417
Document ID
CA-D-00858
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
74f641d6330e046722582155258232187bd136d3cb7d3a36d188936bd60df293
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 12:52 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Google Ads
Document: Google Ads Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-063417
Captured: 2026-05-20 12:52:40 UTC
SHA-256: 74f641d6330e0467…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-ads/google-ads-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-063417/user-permits-sharing-personal-info-with-merchants-for-transactions/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Google Ads's User Permits Sharing Personal Info with Merchants for Transactions clause do?

The permission to share is conditioned on necessity for transaction processing, but it encompasses merchants, payment processors, and a broad category of other third parties, meaning personal information may reach multiple external parties.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are required to permit Google to share their personal information with merchants, payment processors, and other third parties to the extent necessary to process their transactions.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 290 platforms. See the full comparison.

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