> Business data can likewise be methodologically downloaded
Google doesn't allow to store the data permanently. Just because it's technically possible doesn't make it legal.
From the Google Places API terms "you must not pre-fetch, index, store, or cache any Content except under the limited conditions stated in the terms"
"You can display Places API results on a Google Map, or without a map. If you want to display Places API results on a map, then these results must be displayed on a Google Map. It is prohibited to use Places API data on a map that is not a Google map."
I was thinking of users who just wanted to take all the data and ignore any T&C's. Since the Linkedin web-scraping case, T&C's on data on a public website effectively doesn't apply anyway.
Google doesn't allow to store the data permanently. Just because it's technically possible doesn't make it legal.
From the Google Places API terms "you must not pre-fetch, index, store, or cache any Content except under the limited conditions stated in the terms"
"You can display Places API results on a Google Map, or without a map. If you want to display Places API results on a map, then these results must be displayed on a Google Map. It is prohibited to use Places API data on a map that is not a Google map."