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This clause establishes a contractual constraint on the customer's ability to generate and publish comparative performance data about the Maps APIs. The provision operates as a condition on the customer's authorized use of the service, requiring advance approval from Google for any benchmarking disclosure.
Under this provision, customers who conduct performance testing of the Maps APIs must obtain Google's prior written consent before publicly disclosing benchmark results or comparative analyses. The terms also prohibit customers from facilitating benchmarking activities by third parties without similar consent.
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"No Benchmarking. Customer will not, and will not assist others to, benchmark or compare the Maps APIs against any other product or service, or publicly disclose such benchmark or comparison, without Google's prior written consent.— Excerpt from Google Maps's Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
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This clause establishes a contractual constraint on the customer's ability to generate and publish comparative performance data about the Maps APIs. The provision operates as a condition on the customer's authorized use of the service, requiring advance approval from Google for any benchmarking disclosure.
Under this provision, customers who conduct performance testing of the Maps APIs must obtain Google's prior written consent before publicly disclosing benchmark results or comparative analyses. The terms also prohibit customers from facilitating benchmarking activities by third parties without similar consent.
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