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> If it's based on a real policy that can be verified by others, then there is no ambiguity here. In this particular case, the ambiguity is exactly that - Goog

• TheRealPomax 6y ago
  Pretty sure if you file the proper paperwork with google's legal department, you can get a copy of the exact text in question. The downside of business in the US: companies are by law required to make documents available on request, but they are in no way required to make that easy.
  • zepto 6y ago
    > Pretty sure if you file the proper paperwork with google's legal department, you can get a copy of the exact text in question You’d think there would be examples of people doing this, but so far I haven’t heard of them.
  • IncRnd 6y ago
    Getting the text of the policy isn't the whole issue. As you pointed out both the policy and method of verification need to exist, or there is ambiguity. Given the information in the article, you can't verify any of the traffic or actions that were supposed to break policy. After all Google wrote, "We understand that you may want to know more about the issues that we’ve detected. Because this information could be used to circumvent our proprietary detection system, we’re unable to provide our publishers with information about specific account activity."
    • LocalH 6y ago
      Imagine if the justice system worked this way. "We understand that you may want to know more about the crimes that we’ve detected. Because this information could be used to circumvent our proprietary policing system, we’re unable to provide defendants with information about alleged criminal activity."