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Google Pay Terms of Service

(for non-US users)

Last modified: 14 January 2019

1. Introduction

Google Pay is a service provided by Google and is subject to the Google Terms of Service ('Google ToS'). Google Pay is a 'Service' as defined in the Google ToS, and the following Google Pay Terms of Service are additional terms that apply to the use of Google Pay. Your use of Google Pay is subject to these Google Pay Terms of Service and the Google ToS (which together, for purposes of these Google Pay Terms of Service, we refer to as the 'Terms'), as well as to the Google Privacy Policy.

If there is any conflict between the Google Pay Terms of Service and the Google ToS, the Google Pay Terms of Service shall prevail. If there is any conflict between the English-language version of the Terms and a version translated into another language, the English-language text shall prevail.

Certain Google Pay features were previously branded 'Android Pay'. While you may continue to see legacy references to Android Pay in shops or on apps and websites, those features are subject to these Terms.

If you have a Google Payments account with one of Google's wholly owned subsidiaries (such as Google Payment Corp. or Google Payment Ltd.), cards saved to that account may also be presented to you in certain contexts under the Google Pay brand, but their use in those contexts will remain subject to the Google Payments Buyer Terms of Service applicable to your Google Payments account and the Google Payments Privacy Notice. You can find the Google Payments Buyer Terms of Service applicable to your country of residence here. See Section 2, 'General description of Google Pay', for more details.

Your use of Google Pay requires that you agree to the following terms. Please read them carefully. Some products and features may not be available in all countries. Please see the Google Pay Help Centre for more information.

2. General description of Google Pay

Google Pay allows you to transact using a bank-issued virtual account number representing a credit or debit card that you register with Google Pay (a 'Virtual Account Number'), a transport agency pass that you register with Google Pay (a 'Travel Pass') and a digital wallet or account that you have with a company other than Google and link to Google Pay in order to enable additional payment functionality (a 'Linked Third-Party Account'). Virtual Account Numbers, Travel Passes and Linked Third-Party Accounts (collectively, 'Payment Instruments') may be used: (i) at participating merchant or public transport locations, using an eligible NFC mobile device (which may include an eligible Android Wear device) and either the Google Pay application that resides on your mobile device or the Google Pay functionality in your Android device's settings, or (ii) online through certain merchant apps, websites and other interfaces (Travel Passes excluded). When you set up a Virtual Account Number, Google Pay may also store the actual number of the underlying card in your Google Payments account for purchases on Google Play and elsewhere. At your request, Google Pay may assist with providing information from your Google Payments account to third-party merchants, so that such merchants can charge your payment instrument and deliver goods and services to you.

Google Pay may also enable you to store and access other items ('Save to Google Pay Items'), which include: vouchers, coupons, discounts or other similar content that can be redeemed at participating merchants (collectively, 'Offers'); membership, affinity or rewards programmes that you have already registered for, or may newly register for, via Google Pay (collectively, 'Loyalty Programmes'); tickets or passes for travel, entertainment and other uses; and gift cards redeemable at a specific merchant store or group of stores (i.e. closed loop gift cards). Google Pay may provide you with services relating to the scanning, storage, display, status and/or redemption of Save to Google Pay Items, including display of loyalty-point and gift-card balances, order tracking and delivery updates. A Save to Google Pay Item may be added by you or, with your consent, pushed by a merchant or third party to your supported mobile device. It may also enable you to receive direct communications from the participating merchant and, in certain instances, allow you to accrue and/or redeem rewards programme points and other incentives from that merchant.

Payment cards saved to your separate Google Payments account are distinct from any Virtual Account Numbers that you have registered with Google Pay. Unlike a Virtual Account Number, a card saved to your Google Payments account will generally not be presented to you with card art resembling the associated physical card. Such a card may nevertheless be presented to you under the Google Pay brand in certain contexts, including when making a payment transaction on a Google app or website (e.g. Google Play or YouTube), on a third-party merchant's app or website, using the Google Assistant or using the Google Chrome browser's AutoFill feature. Such uses are subject to the Google Payments Buyer Terms of Service applicable to your Google Payments account. In the United Kingdom only, peer-to-peer 'sending transactions' may also be branded Google Pay and are subject to the Google Payments Buyer Terms of Service (UK).

3. Using Google Pay

(a) Age restrictions. To use Google Pay you must be 16 years of age or older. If you are 16 or older but under 18 years of age (or the legal age of your country, if greater), you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use Google Pay and to accept the Terms.

(b) Basic use requirements. To use Google Pay you will need a Google Account; a device that meets the Service's system and compatibility requirements, which may change from time to time; working Internet access; and compatible software. Your ability to use Google Pay, and Google Pay's performance, may be affected by these factors. Such system requirements are your responsibility.

(c) Getting started. You may set up Google Pay using the Google Pay application on your mobile device, the Google Pay functionality in your Android device's settings or via your Payment Instrument issuer's app. After you have provided the requested information and attempted to add a Payment Instrument to Google Pay, Google Pay will check both whether your Payment Instrument's issuer currently supports Google Pay and whether the card itself is eligible to be used with Google Pay. Not all of a participating issuer's cards may be eligible. If your Payment Instrument's issuer does not currently support Google Pay, or your Payment Instrument is not eligible to be added to Google Pay, Google may alert you via email when your Payment Instrument becomes eligible. If your Payment Instrument's issuer supports Google Pay and your Payment Instrument is eligible, when adding it you will see a screen asking you to accept the issuer's terms and conditions. Once you have done so and successfully added the Payment Instrument, Google Pay will store a Virtual Account Number representing your payment card's actual card number, or associate your Travel Pass or Linked Third-Party Account with Google Pay. This Virtual Account Number will be used for all in-store payment transactions using Google Pay. For payment transactions involving online merchants, Google Pay will cause either this or another uniquely generated account number to be sent to the merchant as a representation of your registered Payment Instrument, unless your Linked Third-Party Account provides otherwise.

Google Pay and its various features may only be available for use in certain regions, with certain Payment Instruments or card issuers, or with certain merchants. Such regions, Payment Instruments, issuers and merchants may change at any time.

(d) Use of Google Pay. Your use of Google Pay with a given Payment Instrument is governed by these Terms, as well the applicable terms and privacy policy from the issuer of your Payment Instrument or Save to Google Pay Item. Nothing in these Terms modifies such issuer terms or privacy policy. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and your issuer's terms, these Terms will govern the relationship between you and Google with respect to Google Pay, and your issuer's terms will govern the relationship between you and the issuer. You acknowledge that Google Pay may receive information from your Payment Instrument's issuer to display richly formatted transaction details and your recent transaction history in Google Pay. You agree not to use Google Pay for unlawful or fraudulent purposes, or otherwise in violation of applicable law and regulation. You agree not to directly or indirectly interfere with, disrupt or otherwise misuse Google Pay, including any of its related servers, networks or other infrastructure. You agree that Google Pay is for your personal use, with your own credit or debit cards, or third-party accounts. If you use Google Pay with an eligible corporate card, you agree that you are doing so with your employer's authorisation and with the ability to bind your employer to these Terms.

A Payment Instrument may be removed from Google Pay on a given device and become unusable with the Service if: (i) you delete the Payment Instrument from Google Pay; (ii) you delete the Payment Instrument from your Google Payments account, or remove it as a payment method from your Google Account; (iii) you erase your mobile device using Android Device Manager; (iv) you delete your Google Account; (v) your mobile device fails to connect to any Google product or service for 90 consecutive days; (vi) you do not use Google Pay on the device for 12 consecutive months; and/or (vii) your Payment Instrument's issuer or payment network instructs Google to remove the Payment Instrument from Google Pay.

(e) Google's role. While Google Pay enables you to store your Payment Instruments and transmit their information to merchants or public transport providers, Google does not process Google Pay transactions with such Payment Instruments, and does not exercise control over: the availability or accuracy of payment cards, funds, payments, refunds or chargebacks; the provisioning (or addition) of Payment Instruments to Google Pay, or addition of funds to Payment Instrument balances; or other commercial activity relating to your use of Google Pay. For any concerns relating to the foregoing, please contact your Payment Instrument's issuer. You acknowledge and agree that your transactions through Google Pay are transactions between you and the merchant, and not with Google or any of its affiliates. For disputes relating to payment transactions conducted using Google Pay, contact your Payment Instrument's issuer or the appropriate merchant. Google is not a party to your registered Payment Instrument's cardholder agreements or other terms of use, and is not involved in issuing credit or determining eligibility for credit. Google does not make any representation or verify that any of your Payment Instruments is in good standing or that the issuer of your Payment Instrument will authorise or approve any transaction with a merchant or public transport provider when you use Google Pay for that transaction.

(f) Japanese eMoney Cards. In addition to credit and debit cards, Japanese users may also be able to add and manage eMoney cards ('Japanese eMoney Cards') using the Google Pay app. (In Japan only, such cards also fall under the definition of 'Payment Instrument' for purposes of these Terms). Japanese eMoney Cards and associated funds are stored in your mobile device's secure element (although not in the form of virtual account numbers, as in the case of credit and debit cards), and may only be used at physical merchant locations equipped with compatible card readers or with selected online merchants through the use of an external card reader. Please see the rest of these Terms for other terms governing your use of Japanese eMoney Cards with Google Pay.

4. Save to Google Pay

(a) Save to Google Pay Items. Save to Google Pay Items contain data, images and messages that are controlled and updated solely by the third-party merchant that issues them. Save to Google Pay Item data may be presented to you on Google websites or mobile applications, on participating third-party websites or mobile applications, through the Google Pay application or at a merchant's physical location. If you are logged in to your Google Account on the web or on an Android device, you may select and store a Save to Google Pay Item to appear in Google Pay for redemption with a participating merchant. Through Google Pay, a merchant may display gift-card, loyalty-point or other balances to users who have Save to Google Pay Items. With your consent, a merchant may also enrol you into a Loyalty Programme by requesting your registration information through Google Pay. The Save to Google Pay feature is not intended for the storage of payment cards or open loop gift cards, which are prepaid gift cards with network logos on the back of the card that can be used at most merchant locations.

(b) Use of Save to Google Pay Items. By redeeming a Save to Google Pay Item with a participating merchant, you authorise the information regarding that specific redeemable item to be transferred to the merchant for redemption. The redemption of the Save to Google Pay Item is processed by the merchant at its discretion, in accordance with the merchant's terms and conditions for that item, as applicable. If you have questions regarding redemption of a particular Save to Google Pay Item, please contact the merchant directly.

(c) Google's role. Your purchases of products with, and/or redemptions of, Save to Google Pay Items are transactions between you and the merchant, and not with Google or any of its affiliates. Google is not a party to your purchase of products with, or redemption of, Save to Google Pay Items. Google does not guarantee, and is not liable for, the accuracy, security, redeemability or other functionality of a merchant's Loyalty Programme, gift-card programme, balances, Offers, rewards or other Save to Google Pay Items. Google is not liable for errors or omissions from the merchant in the enrolment or administration of their Loyalty Programmes, or in the purchase and redemption of closed loop gift cards, and is not liable for any security breaches within a third-party merchant's systems or processes.

(d) Merchant communications. By saving a Save to Google Pay Item, you agree that you are providing your prior express consent to receive communications from a third-party merchant directly to you through Google Pay. Google does not create or control the content sent to you by the merchant. You may remove the Save to Google Pay Items from Google Pay at any time to stop receiving merchant communications through Google Pay (although this will not discontinue your participation in the merchant's Loyalty Programme or discontinue communications from that merchant to you outside of Google Pay). To discontinue a Loyalty Programme completely, you must contact the specific merchant directly.

(e) User images in Save to Google Pay Items. You may be able to add personal or other images to a Save to Google Pay Item using your device camera. Please use reasonable care and common sense in what you scan and store as images. Google is not liable for user-added images to Save to Google Pay Items, including images containing personally identifiable or other sensitive information, or for errors resulting from the scanning or storing of an image. Adding images that are unlawful, offensive, harmful or otherwise objectionable may result in the suspension of your access to Google Pay services, at Google's sole discretion.

5. Privacy

(a) Information that Google may share. In order for Google to provide Google Pay services, you permit Google to disclose to apps and websites that you have set up Google Pay, and to share your device, payment, location and account information with your payment method's issuer and network. Where necessary to process your transactions, you also permit Google to share your personal information with merchants, payment processors and other third parties.

(b) Information that Google may collect. As permitted in our privacy policies, and in order for Google to provide and improve its services, you permit Google to collect transaction, account and other personal information from third parties, including merchants and your payment method's issuer.


Google Pay Terms of Service

(for US users)

Last modified: May 21, 2018

1. Introduction

Google Pay is a service provided by Google Payment Corp. ("GPC", "we", or "us"), and is subject to the Google Payments Terms of Service ("Google Payments ToS") and Google Payments Privacy Notice. Google Pay is a "Service" as defined in the Google Payments ToS, and the following Google Pay Terms of Service are additional terms which apply to the use of Google Pay. Your use of Google Pay is subject to these Google Pay Terms of Service and the Google Payments ToS (which together, for purposes of these Google Pay Terms of Service, we refer to as the "Terms").

If there is any conflict between the Google Pay Terms of Service and the Google Payments ToS, the Google Pay Terms of Service shall prevail. Capitalized terms not defined in these Google Pay Terms of Service have the meanings given to them in the Google Payments Terms of Service.

Certain Google Pay features were previously branded "Android Pay." While you may continue to see legacy references to Android Pay in stores or on apps and websites, those features are subject to these Terms.

Cards saved to your Google Payments Account may also be presented to you in certain contexts under the Google Pay brand, but their use in those contexts will remain subject to applicable provisions of the Google Payments Terms of Service. See Section 2, "General Description of Google Pay," for more details.

Your use of Google Pay requires that you agree to the following terms. Please read them carefully. Some products and features may not be available in all countries. Please see the Google Pay Help Center for more information.

2. General Description of Google Pay

Google Pay allows you to transact using a Virtual Account Number, transit agency pass you register with Google Pay ("Transit Pass"), or Linked Third-Party Account (collectively, "Payment Instruments"): (i) at participating merchant or transit locations, using an eligible NFC mobile device (which may include an eligible Android Wear device) and either the Google Pay application that resides on your mobile device or the Google Pay functionality in your Android device's settings, or (ii) online through certain merchant apps, websites, and other interfaces (Transit Passes excluded). When you set up a Virtual Account Number, Google Pay may also store the actual number of the underlying card in your Google Payments Account, on GPC's servers, for purchases on Google Play and elsewhere. At your request, Google Pay may assist with providing information from your Google Payments account to third party merchants, so that such merchants can charge your payment instrument and deliver goods and services to you. 

Google Pay may also enable you to store and access Offers, Loyalty Programs, rewards, gift cards, tickets or passes for purposes like travel and entertainment, and other items stored as Save to Google Pay Items. Google Pay and its various features may only be available for use in certain regions, with certain cards or card-issuing banks, or with certain merchants. Such regions, cards, banks, and merchants are subject to change at any time.

Payment cards saved to your Google Payments Account are distinct from any Virtual Account Numbers you registered with Google Pay. Unlike a Virtual Account Number, a card saved to your Google Payments account will generally not be presented to you with card art resembling the associated physical card. Such a card may nevertheless be presented to you under the Google Pay brand in certain contexts, including when making a payment transaction on a Google app or website (e.g., Google Play or YouTube), on a third-party merchant's app or website, using the Google Assistant, or using the Google Chrome browser's Autofill feature. Such uses are subject to applicable provisions of the Google Payments Terms of Service.

3. Using Google Pay

(a) Getting Started. You must have a Google Account to use Google Pay. You may set up the Service using either the Google Pay application that resides on your mobile device, the Google Pay functionality in your Android device's settings, or via your Payment Instrument issuer's app. After you have provided the requested information and attempted to add a Payment Instrument to Google Pay, Google Pay will check both whether your Payment Instrument's issuer currently supports the Service and whether the card itself is eligible to be used with Google Pay. All of a participating issuer's cards may not be eligible. If your card's issuer does not currently support Google Pay or your card is not eligible to be added to Google Pay, GPC may alert you via email when your card becomes eligible. If your Payment Instrument's issuer supports Google Pay and your card is eligible, when adding it you will see a screen asking you to accept the issuer's terms and conditions. Once you have done so and successfully added the Payment Instrument, Google Pay will store a Virtual Account Number representing your card's actual card number, or associate your Transit Pass or Linked Third-Party Account with Google Pay. This Virtual Account Number will be used for all in-store payment transactions using Google Pay. For payment transactions involving online merchants, Google Pay will cause either this or another uniquely generated account number to be sent to the merchant, as a representation of your registered Payment Instrument, unless your Linked Third-Party Account provides otherwise.

(b) Use of Google Pay. Your use of Google Pay with a given Payment Instrument is governed by these Terms as well as the applicable terms and privacy policy from the issuer of your Payment Instrument or Save to Google Pay Item. Nothing in these Terms modifies such issuer terms or privacy policy. In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms and your issuer's terms, these Terms will govern the relationship between you and GPC with respect to Google Pay, and your issuer's terms will govern the relationship between you and the issuer. You acknowledge that Google Pay may receive information from your Payment Instrument's issuer to display richly formatted transaction details and your recent transaction history in Google Pay. You agree not to use Google Pay for unlawful or fraudulent purposes, or otherwise in violation of applicable law and regulation. You agree not to directly or indirectly interfere with, disrupt, or otherwise misuse the Google Pay Service, including any of its related servers, networks, or other infrastructure. You agree that Google Pay is for your personal use, with your own credit or debit cards, or third-party accounts. If you use Google Pay with an eligible corporate card, you agree that you are doing so with your employer's authorization and with the ability to bind your employer to these Terms.

A Payment Instrument may be removed from Google Pay and become unusable with the Service if: (i) you delete the Payment Instrument from Google Pay; (ii) you delete the Payment Instrument from your Google Payments account, or remove it as a payment method from your Google Account, (iii) you erase your mobile device using Android Device Manager; (iv) you delete your Google Account; (v) your mobile device fails to connect to any Google product or service for 90 consecutive days; (vi) you do not use Google Pay on the device for 12 consecutive months; and/or (vii) your card's issuing bank or payment network instructs Google to remove the card from Google Pay.

(c) GPC's Role. While Google Pay enables you to store your Payment Instruments and transmit their information to merchants or transit providers, neither GPC nor Google processes Google Pay transactions with such Payment Instruments, and neither exercises control over: the availability or accuracy of payment cards, payments, refunds, chargebacks; the provisioning (or addition) of cards to Google Pay; or other commercial activity relating to your use of Google Pay. For any concerns relating to the foregoing, please contact your Payment Instrument's issuer. You acknowledge and agree that your transactions through Google Pay are transactions between you and the merchant and not with GPC, Google, or any of their affiliates. For disputes relating to payment transactions conducted using Google Pay, contact your Payment Instrument's issuer or the appropriate merchant. Neither GPC nor Google is a party to your registered Payment Instruments' cardholder agreements or other terms of use, and neither is involved in issuing credit or determining eligibility for credit. GPC does not make any representation or verify that any of your Payment Instruments are in good standing or that the issuer of your Payment Instrument will authorize or approve any transaction with a merchant or transit provider when you use Google Pay in connection with that transaction.

4. Save to Google Pay

(a) Save to Google Pay Items can be stored by you in your Google Account, or pushed to your Google Account by a participating merchant with your consent, on the web or on an Android device. Save to Google Pay Items may consist of (but are not limited to) items such as Offers, Loyalty Program items, closed loop gift cards that can be redeemed at a specific merchant store or group of stores, and/or other items from third party merchants which you can add to your Google Account, and which may be redeemable for discounts or points from the third party merchant or issuer. The Save to Google Pay feature includes scanning, storage, manually and automatically updated gift card balance displays, loyalty points, status updates and more. Save to Google Pay Items contain data, images, and messages that are controlled and updated solely by the third party merchant who issues them. Save to Google Pay Items data may be presented to you on Google websites or mobile applications, participating third party websites or mobile applications, through the Google Pay application, or at a merchant's physical location. If you are logged in to your Google Account on the web or on an Android device, you may select and store a Save to Google Pay Item to appear in Google Pay for redemption with a participating merchant.

(b) Redemption of a Save to Google Pay Item. In order to redeem an item stored as a Save to Google Pay Item with a participating merchant, you may be asked to:

(i) permit the merchant to read the redeemable Save to Google Pay Item off the screen of the mobile device;

(ii) use Google Pay to redeem the Save to Google Pay Item in conjunction with a payment transaction; or

(iii) provide the promotion code or other code associated with the Save to Google Pay Item to the participating merchant upon such merchant's request.

By taking any of the foregoing actions, you authorize the information regarding the specific redeemable item stored as a Save to Google Pay Item to be transferred to the merchant for redemption. The redemption of the Save to Google Pay Item is processed by the merchant at its discretion, in accordance with the merchant's terms and conditions for that item, as applicable. If you have questions regarding redemption of a particular Save to Google Pay Item, please contact the merchant directly.

(c) Your purchases of Products and/or redemptions of Save to Google Pay Items are transactions between you as a Buyer and the merchant as the merchant, and not with GPC or any Google affiliates. GPC is not a party to your purchase of Products or redemption of Save to Google Pay Items.

5. Save to Google Pay Items; Limitations of Liability; Merchant Communications

Save to Google Pay Items and Save to Google Pay are intended for display, storage, and/or redemption of Offers, rewards, Loyalty Programs, closed loop gift cards, and other services such as viewing of loyalty points, manual and automatic gift card balance displays for users who have added a gift card, and status updates on an Android device. The Save to Google Pay API and Save to Google Pay feature are not intended for the storage of payment cards or open loop gift cards, which are prepaid gift cards with network logos on the back of the card that can be used at most merchant locations.

(a) By saving Save to Google Pay Items into your Google Account, you agree you are providing your prior express consent to receive communications from a third party merchant directly to you through Google Pay. Google does not create or control the content sent by the merchant to you. You may remove the Save to Google Pay Items from Google Pay at any time to stop receiving merchant communications through Google Pay. Removal of a particular Save to Google Pay Item will remove all communications sent by that merchant to you through Google Pay, but will not discontinue your Loyalty Program with that merchant or discontinue your communications from that merchant to you outside of Google Pay. To discontinue a Loyalty Program completely, you must contact the specific merchant directly.

(b) GPC does not guarantee the security of a third party merchant's Offers, rewards, Loyalty Program or gift card program, and does not guarantee that the merchant's systems will be error free, or that merchant systems will honor all Offers, rewards, and loyalty points, gift cards, or other stored or any stored items. GPC is not liable for errors or omissions from the merchant in the enrollment or administration of their Loyalty Programs, or in the purchase and redemption of closed loop gift cards, and is not liable for any third party merchant's security breaches that arise due to omissions or commissions within the merchant's systems or processes. GPC is also not liable to you for merchants who do not honor the value of a closed loop gift card, reward, Loyalty, or other redeemable item.

(c) You may add personal or other images to a Save to Google Pay Item using your device camera. Please use reasonable care and common sense in what you scan and store as images. GPC is not liable for user-added images to Save to Google Pay Items, including images which contain personally-identifiable or other sensitive information. GPC is not liable for errors resulting from scanning or storing of an image. Adding images that are unlawful, offensive, harmful, or otherwise objectionable may result in the suspension of your access to Google Pay, in GPC's sole discretion.

(d) Through Google Pay, a merchant may display as part of the Save to Google Pay feature the balances of gift cards, loyalty points, or other balances, to users who store such items into Google Pay. GPC is not liable for any errors or interruptions in the display of gift card or other balances or updates which are offered as a convenience to you, and GPC is not liable for any errors or interruptions in your use of Save to Google Pay.

(e) GPC may at any time choose to suspend indefinitely or terminate Save to Google Pay for any purpose.