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These terms govern how you may use Apple Pay's Services, limiting use to personal purposes and making all transactions final with no contractual right to a refund. Apple Pay can change the terms at any time with immediate effect, cancel your account without notice if it suspects a violation, and share your data with law enforcement or third parties at its own discretion. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them through the Manage Subscriptions section of your account settings.
The Apple Media Services Terms establish the conditions under which users may access Apple Pay's Services and Content, restricting use to personal, noncommercial purposes and granting Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive license over materials users submit. The agreement permits Apple Pay to modify its terms immediately and without a review period, to terminate a user's Apple Account without notice upon suspicion of non-compliance, and to share any user data with law enforcement, government officials, or third parties at Apple's discretion and without liability to the user. The Licensor's total liability to any user is capped at $250.00 except in personal injury cases as required by applicable law, all transactions are final, and users are required to indemnify Apple against claims arising from their use of the Services or breach of the Agreement, including waiving the right to seek damages for Apple's content removal or access termination decisions.
As an individual user, you may lose access to purchased content if Apple removes it from the Services, and all transactions are contractually final. If your primary payment method fails, Apple Pay will automatically charge your other eligible payment methods in the order they appear in your account settings — no additional confirmation is required at the time of the failed transaction. Your account can be terminated without notice based on mere suspicion of non-compliance, and your ability to recover damages from Apple is capped at $250.00 regardless of actual harm. To avoid unwanted charges, you can manage the order of your payment methods and cancel active subscriptions through the Manage Subscriptions section of your account settings.
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