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The updated terms establish a broader definition of activities that are subject to heightened restrictions under the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. Previously, the definition enumerated specific high-risk categories. The revised language now encompasses any use case where service failure could reasonably be expected to result in death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage, and explicitly identifies weaponry as a restricted application. Developers and organizations using Google Maps for restricted purposes should review their use cases against the new definition to ensure continued compliance.
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the Services may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any United States embargoed countries, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce's Denied Person's List...
no Materials will be accessed from, downloaded in, released in, carried to, transferred to, transshipped through, exported to, or re-exported...to any territory...to which such Materials could not be transferred directly from the United States
You are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
"Customer will not...access or use the Services...to distribute or market in a Prohibited Territory any Customer Application(s) that use the Google Maps Core Services.Excerpt from Google Maps's Platform Terms of Service
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The clause states: “Customer will not...access or use the Services...to distribute or market in a Prohibited Territory any Customer Application(s) that use the Google Maps Core Services.”
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