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The clause grants Google Ads discretionary authority to cut off a publisher's revenue stream entirely and immediately upon policy non-compliance, without a prescribed notice period.
Publishers are subject to having their ad serving or their entire AdSense account disabled at any time if they are found to be non-compliant with policies without Google's permission.
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"If you fail to comply with these policies without permission from Google, we reserve the right to disable ad serving to your site and/or disable your AdSense account at any time.Excerpt from Google Ads's Google AdSense Program Policies
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The clause grants Google Ads discretionary authority to cut off a publisher's revenue stream entirely and immediately upon policy non-compliance, without a prescribed notice period.
Publishers are subject to having their ad serving or their entire AdSense account disabled at any time if they are found to be non-compliant with policies without Google's permission.
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