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Termination for Legal Requirement or Court Order

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How other platforms handle this

OpenAI

We also may terminate your account if it has been inactive for over a year and you do not have a paid account. If we do, we will provide you with advance notice.

Workday

Before any termination for your breach, we will give you a reasonable warning or cure period, except if the nature of the breach justifies immediate termination, taking into account both your and our legitimate interests.

xAI

This may include taking corrective measures, such as suspending or terminating the account of any End-User found to be in violation of the terms of this Agreement.

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we're required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order

Excerpt from Google's Terms of Service

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Terms of Service
Entity
Google
Date stated by the document
July 30, 2026
As printed in Google’s text (version CA-V-005377), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 6, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005377, captured July 31, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-017405
Document ID
CA-D-000014
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005377)
52cc86dd697da086bb54bfe1b600f66a3d6e1fa01959c2f21c770325f077bb0a
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 17:17 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005377, captured July 31, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Google
Document: Google Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-017405
Version: CA-V-005377
Captured: 2026-07-31 00:08:45 UTC
SHA-256: 52cc86dd697da086…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/google/google-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-017405/termination-for-legal-requirement-or-court-order/
Accessed: Nov. 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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What does Google's Termination for Legal Requirement or Court Order clause do?

The clause states: “we're required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 270 platforms. See the full comparison.

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