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"Google may monitor emails sent to these aliases to allow Google to identify GWS Services or Cloud Identity Services abuse.Excerpt from Google Cloud's Terms
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The clause states: “Google may monitor emails sent to these aliases to allow Google to identify GWS Services or Cloud Identity Services abuse.”
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