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Users in an Administered Account do not have exclusive control over their own account, content, or designs; an Admin Entity's admin holds concurrent power over all of these.
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Your Administered Account, content, and designs may be accessed, transferred, or controlled by the Admin Entity's admin, and your account settings may be changed without your individual consent.
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"the Admin Entity's admin may be able to access, transfer and control your Administered Account and all content and designs associated with it, as well as: make changes to the Administered Account settings...Excerpt from Canva's Terms of Use
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Users in an Administered Account do not have exclusive control over their own account, content, or designs; an Admin Entity's admin holds concurrent power over all of these.
Your Administered Account, content, and designs may be accessed, transferred, or controlled by the Admin Entity's admin, and your account settings may be changed without your individual consent.
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