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These terms govern how you use Apple Pay's Services and Content, limiting use to personal, noncommercial purposes. Key points that most affect you: your subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in your account settings; all transactions are final; if your primary payment method fails, Apple Pay can charge your other eligible payment methods in order without asking you again; and Apple Pay can change these terms at any time with immediate effect.
The Apple Media Services Terms establish the conditions under which Apple Pay provides its Services and Content to users, granting Apple Pay broad unilateral authority across several critical dimensions. Apple Pay reserves the right to modify the Agreement and add terms with immediate effect, to terminate a user's Apple Account without notice upon actual or suspected non-compliance, and to share any user data with law enforcement, government officials, or third parties at its discretion without liability. Users grant Apple Pay a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use submitted materials for Services, marketing, and internal purposes; all transactions are established as final; and the Licensor's total liability to any user is capped at $250.00, except as applicable law may require in personal injury cases. Users are additionally required to indemnify Apple against claims arising from their use of or breach of the Agreement, and waive the right to sue or recover damages from Apple for enforcement decisions affecting their access.
As a user, you are bound immediately by any changes Apple Pay makes to these terms, with no notice period before they take effect. Your access to purchased content is not guaranteed — Apple Pay can remove content from its Services, making it unavailable for download or access. Your account can be terminated without notice if Apple suspects, even without confirmation, that you have not complied with the Agreement. Apple Pay can share any of your data with law enforcement, government officials, or third parties without liability when it deems this reasonably necessary. Your total recoverable damages from the Licensor are capped at $250.00, and you waive the right to sue Apple for decisions that remove your access to content or Services. To avoid unwanted recurring charges, you can cancel subscriptions at any time through the Manage Subscriptions section of your account settings.
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