“To the extent Your use of the Service is within scope, You and Google agree to the Google Ads Data Processing Terms at https://privacy.google.com/businesses/processorterms...”
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Scoped use of the Service automatically incorporates the Google Ads Data Processing Terms as a binding contractual document, without requiring a separate signature.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not define 'within scope,' making the precise trigger for this obligation unclear from the quoted language alone.
If the user's use of the Service falls within scope, the Google Ads Data Processing Terms apply and bind the user.
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"To the extent Your use of the Service is within scope, You and Google agree to the Google Ads Data Processing Terms at https://privacy.google.com/businesses/processorterms...Excerpt from Google's Tag Manager Terms of Service
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Scoped use of the Service automatically incorporates the Google Ads Data Processing Terms as a binding contractual document, without requiring a separate signature.
If the user's use of the Service falls within scope, the Google Ads Data Processing Terms apply and bind the user.
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