Clarification to Circumventing Systems Policy (December 2022)
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The Circumventing Systems policy has been updated to clarify that using click trackers to redirect users to malicious sites is an example of cloaking and is not allowed. This update was made solely to provide additional information to advertisers and no changes to enforcement scope were made.
We take violations of this policy very seriously and consider them egregious. If we find violations of this policy, we will suspend your Google Ads accounts upon detection and without prior warning, and you will not be allowed to advertise with us again.
(Posted December 2022)