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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.
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.
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we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services...
disclosure is required by a third-party to complete a transaction initiated by the user
"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 Terms of Service
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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.
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.
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