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Alter or modify any part of the content or services offered on or through the Websites and Platforms
use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Services
(vii) use automated systems or software (including bots, scrapers, or crawlers) to access the Services in a manner that sends more request messages to ŌURA servers than a human can reasonably produce...
"using automated means to access content from any of our services in violation of the machine-readable instructions on our web pages (for example, robots.txt files that disallow crawling, training, or other activities)Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “using automated means to access content from any of our services in violation of the machine-readable instructions on our web pages (for example, robots.txt files that disallow crawling, training, or other activities)”
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