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Customer Indemnification of Google for AUP and Agreement Violations

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

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.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Generated by a model from the captured document; not read by a person

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.

How other platforms handle this

Smartsheet

Smartsheet has no obligation or liability under this Section 7.1 to the extent any Claim Against Customer arises from...Smartsheet's compliance with designs, specifications, or instructions provided in writing by Customer if such infringement would not have occurred but for such designs, specificati...

Heap

Customer's failure to use any enhancements, modifications, or updates to the CS Service that have been provided by Contentsquare

PlanetScale

Customer provides PlanetScale: (i) prompt written notice of the Infringement Claim to support@planetscale.com, (ii) exclusive control over the defense and settlement of the Infringement Claim

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Unless prohibited by applicable law, 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 Platform Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
Entity
Google Maps
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 19, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-006730, captured Sept. 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-041179
Document ID
CA-D-000324
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Archived bytes SHA-256 (version CA-V-006730)
18eff504982512cb2dedf17fbd8400563534f1284fa4f0d53b1c6676074f06a5
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 07:42 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-006730, captured Sept. 11, 2026 (checked Oct. 6, 2026)
Not the current version. The document's current version is CA-V-007591, captured Oct. 16, 2026; this clause has not been re-checked against it.
Citation Record
Entity: Google Maps
Document: Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-041179
Version: CA-V-006730
Captured: 2026-09-11 00:51:17 UTC
SHA-256: 18eff504982512cb…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google-maps/google-maps-platform-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-041179/customer-indemnification-of-google-for-aup-and-agreement-violations/
Accessed: Oct. 22, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Google Maps's Customer Indemnification of Google for AUP and Agreement Violations clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 224 platforms. See the full comparison.

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