A web mapping service that provides satellite imagery, street maps, panoramic street views, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle, or public transportation. The platform serves billions of users globally and hosts millions of business listings, making it a critical infrastructure for navigation, local search, and location-based services. Policy changes affect user privacy, data collection practices, and access to location information that impacts daily navigation and business discovery for consumers worldwide.
High — provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium — provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low — standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
These are the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service governing businesses and developers that integrate Google Maps APIs into their own applications, products, or websites. The agreement authorizes Google to …
Google Maps updated the definition of 'High Risk Activities' in its Platform Terms of Service on June 24, 2026. The previous definition listed specific categories (emergency response, autonomous vehicles, aviation, …
View change record →ConductAtlas tracks 1 Google Maps documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Google Maps has made 9 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 34 provisions across Google Maps's tracked documents. 11 are rated high severity, 21 medium, and 2 low.
Yes. Monitor subscribers ($19/month) can add Google Maps to their watchlist and receive same-day email alerts whenever any tracked document changes.