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Content related to Alcohol is a sensitive interest category and includes alcoholic beverages and drinks that resemble alcoholic beverages.
Targeting guidelines for sensitive interest categories (non-exhaustive)
You can use predefined Google audiences.
You can't use advertiser-curated audiences.
Refer to the following non-exhaustive list of targeting features and how personalized ads policies apply.
| Advertiser-curated audiences These audiences cannot be used if promoting in sensitive interest categories, because they may inadvertently contain sensitive user signals. 3 |
Predefined Google audiences These audiences can be used even if promoting in sensitive interest categories, because the sensitive user signals are automatically excluded from them. 3 |
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1. Certain demographics (age, gender, marital status, parental status) may not be used to target Housing, Employment, and Consumer Finance Ads in the United States and Canada.
2. ZIP code location targeting cannot be used for Housing, Employment, and Consumer Finance Ads in the United States and Canada.
3. Users under the age of 18 are not eligible for personalized advertising of any kind, including serving based on Predefined Google Audiences. Advertisers using advertiser-curated audiences are prohibited from uploading customer information from viewers of child-directed content.
4. Custom Segment audiences using sensitive creative assets or pointing to sensitive landing pages will only serve with Display campaigns to non-sensitive audiences or contextually. All other campaigns using Custom Segment audiences with sensitive creative assets or landing pages will not be eligible to serve.
Learn more about Restricted targeting in personalized advertising .
Options to fix ads in this Sensitive interest category
If your ads are flagged for the personalized advertising policy, you should review your site or app as well as your ad content to ensure if they fall in this policy. You then have 3 options to fix your ads.
Option 1: Edit your ad targeting
Review and remove any advertiser-curated audiences from the targeting settings of your ad. Check the targeting settings of ad groups, asset groups, and campaigns to make sure they aren't using these audiences either.
Option 2: Edit or remove content that falls within this policy
- From your siteor app
- From your ads
How to edit your ad content
- Go to Ads
within the Campaigns
menu.
- Hover over the ad or asset and select Edit.
- Edit the ad or asset so that it complies with the policy.
- Select Save.
Your ad will be automatically reviewed again. Check the ad’s status in the "Ads & assets" page for updates.
Learn more about how to Fix an ad with policy violations .
Option 3: Appeal the policy decision
If you believe there’s been an error and that your site or app or ads don’t fall under this policy, appeal the policy decision directly from your Google Ads account to request a review. If the review determines that your ads are compliant, they can run again. If you aren't able to fix these violations or choose not to, remove your ad to help prevent your account from becoming suspended in the future for repeated policy violations.
