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Legitimate interest grounds for providing Cloud Services

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Where necessary for our legitimate interests in fulfilling the contractual obligations which we owe to our customer to provide the Cloud Services.

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Document information
Document
Google Cloud Privacy
Entity
Google Cloud
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 7, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-051733
Document ID
CA-D-00647
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
1b0cea754809f23309bd0b41c47b7a135eae89f484be82873547a12f5a1a6fad
Analysis generated
May 7, 2026 16:18 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Google Cloud
Document: Google Cloud Privacy
Record ID: CA-P-051733
Captured: 2026-05-07 16:18:07 UTC
SHA-256: 1b0cea754809f233…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-cloud/google-cloud-privacy/provision/CA-P-051733/legitimate-interest-grounds-for-providing-cloud-services/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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What does Google Cloud's Legitimate interest grounds for providing Cloud Services clause do?

The clause states: “Where necessary for our legitimate interests in fulfilling the contractual obligations which we owe to our customer to provide the Cloud Services.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 272 platforms. See the full comparison.

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