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A 12-month advance notice obligation gives customers meaningful lead time to migrate, renegotiate, or find alternatives before a Service disappears.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains an exception (no notice required if Google replaces the discontinued Service with a materially similar one) that is the primary omitted proposition. The canonical claim states only the primary notice obligation.
The updated terms authorize Google Cloud to impose full-month billing charges if it determines a customer engaged in bad-faith dealing, dishonesty, or attempted to avoid fees or circumvent usage limits, and to charge for all end-user accounts active during that month regardless of whether any were later disabled. The revised policy also permits immediate service suspension if Google reasonably determines a customer using a delayed payment method poses a non-payment risk, without requiring actual late payment or cure time. Additionally, Google may now terminate the agreement immediately if it reasonably determines a customer's material breach is incapable of being cured, eliminating the previous 30-day cure period. Customers using bank transfers or similar delayed authorization payment methods should review their account practices for any activity Google might classify as 'Customer Malfeasance' under the new definition.
View change record →Customers are entitled to at least 12 months' warning before Google Cloud removes a Service or associated material functionality they rely on.
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A 12-month advance notice obligation gives customers meaningful lead time to migrate, renegotiate, or find alternatives before a Service disappears.
Customers are entitled to at least 12 months' warning before Google Cloud removes a Service or associated material functionality they rely on.
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