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By placing transactions solely between user and merchant, Google and its affiliates are expressly excluded as transaction parties, which affects where users must direct contractual claims or disputes arising from those transactions.
Users are required to acknowledge that Google and its affiliates are not parties to their Google Pay transactions.
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By placing transactions solely between user and merchant, Google and its affiliates are expressly excluded as transaction parties, which affects where users must direct contractual claims or disputes arising from those transactions.
Users are required to acknowledge that Google and its affiliates are not parties to their Google Pay transactions.
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