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Any updates to Section 5 of these Commercial Terms will apply only to disputes that arise after notice of the update takes place.
No amendment shall apply to a dispute for which an arbitration has been initiated prior to the change in Terms.
those changes will be effective only to the extent that they can legally apply.
"With respect to GWS Services, SecOpS Services, Looker (original) Services, and Cloud Identity Services...material updates to this Agreement will only take effect if and when Customer's Order Term renews.Excerpt from Google Cloud's Terms
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The clause states: “With respect to GWS Services, SecOpS Services, Looker (original) Services, and Cloud Identity Services...material updates to this Agreement will only take effect if and when Customer's Order Term renews.”
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