Google bans ads for products and services that secretly track or monitor people - CNBC

In an ad policy update, Google said this will apply to spyware and technology used for intimate partner surveillance, including tech used to monitor texts, phone calls or browsing history.

In 2018, a group of researchers conducting a study on the ecosystem of intimate partner surveillance spyware found thousands of Google ads appeared for search terms that showed explicit intention of conducting surveillance.

Ads were not being shown on explicit search terms for intimate partner surveillance at the time the study was published.

Spyware technology for partner surveillance was always in scope of our policies against dishonest behavior." .

According to Google, the company's ads policies already prohibit the promotion of products and services that let a user gain unauthorized access to systems, devices or property, but this update changes the policy language to include promoting spyware and surveillance technology targeting unauthorized access of intimate partners' devices, Google said.

An intresting article in this space can be read on Omologist.com