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The Customer bears financial and legal responsibility for third-party claims triggered by its own content or by AUP or Agreement violations, including those caused by its End Users.
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.
View change record →The reader is obligated to defend and indemnify Google against third-party legal proceedings that arise from the reader's content or from the reader's or End Users' violations of the AUP or Agreement.
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You agree that the provisions in this section will survive any termination of your Account, the Agreement and/or your access to the Services.
Your obligations in Section 6.2 (Indemnification by Customer) of this Agreement will apply to the extent permitted by applicable law, regulation, or procedure.
Customer shall have no liability under (a) to the extent a Claim Against Us arises from Synthesia Content or under (b) to the extent a Claim Against Us arises from our breach of the Contract.
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"Customer will defend Google and its Affiliates and indemnify them against Indemnified Liabilities in any Third-Party Legal Proceeding to the extent arising from (a) any Customer Indemnified Materials or (b) Customer's or an End User's use of the Services in violation of the AUP or in violation of the Agreement.— Excerpt from Google Maps's Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
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The Customer bears financial and legal responsibility for third-party claims triggered by its own content or by AUP or Agreement violations, including those caused by its End Users.
The reader is obligated to defend and indemnify Google against third-party legal proceedings that arise from the reader's content or from the reader's or End Users' violations of the AUP or Agreement.
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