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End User location data cannot be collected or cached without affirmative, advance, and revocable consent, placing a strict gatekeeping obligation on the Customer.
As an End User, your location data may not be obtained or cached by a Customer Application without your express, prior, and revocable consent.
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"Customer will ensure that the Customer Application(s)...will not obtain or cache any End User's location except with the End User's express, prior, revocable consent.Excerpt from Google Maps's Platform Terms of Service
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End User location data cannot be collected or cached without affirmative, advance, and revocable consent, placing a strict gatekeeping obligation on the Customer.
As an End User, your location data may not be obtained or cached by a Customer Application without your express, prior, and revocable consent.
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