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"In the event of a conflict between the Global Privacy Policy and this European Privacy Policy, this Policy supersedes the Global Privacy Policy.Excerpt from Heap's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “In the event of a conflict between the Global Privacy Policy and this European Privacy Policy, this Policy supersedes the Global Privacy Policy.”
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