1.1 Use of the Service is Subject to these Terms. Your use of any of the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs (referred to in this document as the "Maps API(s)" or the "Service") is subject to the terms of a legal agreement between you and Google (the "Terms"). "Google" means either (a) Google Ireland Limited, with offices at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, if your billing address is in any country within Europe, the Middle East, or Africa ("EMEA"); (b) Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., with offices at 8 Marina View Asia Square 1 #30-01, Singapore 018960, if your billing address is in any country within the Asia Pacific region ("APAC"); or (c) Google Inc., with offices at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA, if your billing address is in any country in the world other than those in EMEA and APAC.
1.2 The Terms include Google's Legal Notices and Privacy Policy.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing with Google, the Terms will include the following:
the terms and conditions in this document (the "Maps APIs Terms");
the Legal Notices; and
the Privacy Policy.
Before you use the Maps API(s), you should read each of the documents comprising the Terms, and print or save a local copy for your records.
1.3 Use of Other Google Services and Additional Terms. If you use the Maps API(s) in conjunction with any other Google products, including any other Google API(s), (collectively, the Service and all other Google products and services are referred to as the "Google Services"), your agreement with Google will also include the terms applicable to those Google Services. All of these are referred to as the "Additional Terms." If Additional Terms apply, they will be accessible to you either within or through your use of the applicable Google Services. If there is any contradiction between the Additional Terms and the Maps APIs Terms, then the Maps APIs Terms will take precedence only as they relate to the Maps API(s), and not to any other Google Services.
1.4 Precedence of Maps APIs Terms. If there is any contradiction between the Maps APIs Terms and other Maps API(s)-related documents (including the Maps APIs Documentation), then the Maps APIs Terms will take precedence.
1.5 Changes to the Terms. Google reserves the right to make changes to the Terms from time to time. When these changes are made, Google will make a new copy of the Terms available at http://developers.google.com/maps/terms (or such other URL as Google may provide). You understand and agree that if you use the Service after the date on which the Terms have changed, Google will treat your use as acceptance of the updated Terms. If a modification is unacceptable to you, you may terminate this agreement by ceasing use of the Maps API(s).
2. Accepting the Terms.
2.1 Clicking to Accept or Using the Maps API(s). In order to use the Maps API(s), you must agree to the Terms by:
clicking to accept the Terms, where this option is made available to you by Google in the Service’s user interface; or
using the Maps API(s). You understand and agree that Google will treat your use of the Maps API(s) as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards.
2.2 U.S. Law Restrictions. You may not use the Maps API(s) and may not accept the Terms if you are a person barred from using the Service under United States law.
2.3 Authority to Accept the Terms. You represent that you have full power, capacity, and authority to accept these Terms. If you are accepting on behalf of your employer or another entity, you represent that you have full legal authority to bind your employer or such entity to these Terms. If you don't have the legal authority to bind, please ensure that an authorized person from your entity consents to and accepts these Terms.
3. Privacy and Personal Information.
3.1 Google’s Privacy Policy. For information about Google's data protection practices, please read Google's Privacy Policy. This policy explains how Google treats your personal information and protects your privacy when you use the Service.
3.2 Use of Your Data under Google’s Privacy Policy. You agree to the use of your data in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.
3.3 Your Privacy Policy. You must post and abide by an appropriate privacy policy in your Maps API Implementation in accordance with Section 9.3 (End User Terms and Privacy Policy).
3.4 Applicable Privacy Laws. You will comply with all applicable laws relating to the collection of information from visitors to your Maps API Implementation.
4. Provision of the Service by Google.
4.1 Google’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Google has subsidiaries and affiliated legal entities around the world ("Subsidiaries and Affiliates"). Sometimes, these companies will be providing the Service to you on behalf of Google itself. You understand and agree that Subsidiaries and Affiliates will be entitled to provide the Service to you.
4.2 Limits on Your Use of the Service. You understand and agree that Google may limit the number of transactions you may send or receive through the Service; such fixed upper limits may be set by Google at any time, at Google’s discretion. For further information, see Section 10.4(b) below.
4.3 Advertising.
In places results. Google reserves the right to include advertising in the places results provided to you through the Maps API(s). By using the Maps API(s) to obtain places results, you agree to display such advertising in the form provided to you by Google.
In maps images. Google also reserves the right to include advertising in the maps images provided to you through the Maps API(s), subject to the following provisions. In this Section, "Ads Notice" means a notice from Google that it will include advertising in a particular Maps API. The Ads Notice may be provided on relevant Google websites, including the Google Geo Developers Blog (or such other URL as Google may provide) and the applicable Google Maps API Groups.
New Maps API(s) and major version upgrades of existing Maps API(s) launched with an Ads Notice. A "major version" of a Maps API is denoted by a new "whole number" in the version name (for example, a "major version" change occurs if API v4.5 is replaced by v5.0). By using the maps images in these new or major version upgrades of the Maps API(s), you agree to display the advertising included in those maps images in the form provided to you by Google.
Maps API(s) and major version upgrades of existing Maps API(s) launched without an Ads Notice. For any Maps API that Google has launched (or launches in the future) without an Ads Notice, Google will not include advertising in that API’s maps images unless Google provides you with an Ads Notice at least 90 days beforehand (the "Ads Notice Period").
Maps API Implementations that incorporated the Maps API(s) before April 8, 2011. If your Maps API Implementation incorporated a major version of a Maps API before April 8, 2011, you have a limited right to opt out of advertising in the maps images provided through that major version of that Maps API by providing written notice to Google during the Ads Notice Period; your notice must state that you refuse to accept advertising in the maps images and must be provided to Google in accordance with Google's notice requirements (as specified in Google's Ads Notice).
Opting out of ads. You may at any time opt out of advertising in the places results and the maps images by either:
contacting the Google Maps API for Work sales team to obtain a Google enterprise license; or
terminating your use of the Service.
Indexing and caching for ads serving. By using an API that serves ads, you give Google the right to access, index, and cache the web pages or applications that contain your Maps API Implementation.
4.4 Changes to the Service; Deprecation Policy. The following is the Service’s "Deprecation Policy":
Google will announce if it intends to remove major features from, or discontinue, an API or the Service.
Google will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to operate those Google Maps API versions and features identified at http://developers.google.com/maps/maps-api-list without these changes until one year after the announcement, unless Google determines in its reasonable good faith judgment that:
it is required by law or third-party relationship (including changes in law or relationships) to make those changes earlier; or
doing so could create a security risk or substantial economic or material technical burden.
5. Your Google Account.
5.1 Signing Up for a Google Account. In order to access the Service, you must have and maintain a Google Account in good standing. You must ensure that any information you give to Google in connection with your Google Account or the Service will always be accurate, correct, and up to date.
5.2 Your Passwords and Account Security. You will be solely responsible to Google for your use of the Service. You must notify Google immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password; your Google Account; or any unique identifier Google may require you to use, such as an API Key or client ID (a "Developer Identifier").
6. Google’s Proprietary Rights.
You understand and agree that Google and its licensors and their suppliers (as applicable) own all legal right, title, and interest in and to the Service and Content, including any intellectual property rights in the Service and Content (whether those rights are registered or not, and wherever in the world those rights may exist).
7. Permitted Uses.
You will use the Service only for purposes that:
are permitted by the Terms (including the Licenses in Section 8);
are permitted by any applicable law or third-party contract in the relevant jurisdictions; and
comply with all applicable policies or guidelines made available by Google, including in the Maps APIs Documentation and the Permission Guidelines for Google Maps and Google Earth.
8. Licenses from Google to You.
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