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There is nothing illegal about an adult romance novel. There is no regulation that prohibits it. As usual, Google overstepped.

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And as usual with Google, you have no recourse.

Not true. I don’t use a single Google service. That’s my recourse.

A whole lot of what can get you reamed in court is perfectly legal but looks bad. Hell, auto-companies are afraid to even say the D-word, "dangerous" for fear of subpoenas.

There is a reason why "First thing lets kill all the lawyers." is a line of classic literature.

If it looks bad, they just shouldn't be offering such a service. As it stands, they're misleading people. Moreover, the right time to scan a file is when it is created or updated, prohibiting the action at its onset, instead of unnecessarily suspending the user at a future time. Google has a very nasty habit in that it just doesn't care about its users at all.

I happily moved away to a different provider (an alternative to G Drive) that has no such ridiculous issues, and is substantially cheaper too.

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