“We process the following categories of Personal Data as a matter of "contractual necessity"...failure to provide such Personal Data will result in your inability to use some or all portions of the Services that require such data.”
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This clause establishes that providing certain Personal Data is not optional for users who wish to access the full Services — the legal basis for processing is contractual necessity, making refusal functionally equivalent to service restriction.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references specific categories of Personal Data processed on a contractual necessity basis, which are not reproduced in the excerpt provided; the canonical claim captures only the processing basis and consequence of non-provision.
If a reader does not provide the Personal Data that Linear processes on the basis of contractual necessity, they will be unable to use some or all portions of the Services that require that data.
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This clause establishes that providing certain Personal Data is not optional for users who wish to access the full Services — the legal basis for processing is contractual necessity, making refusal functionally equivalent to service restriction.
If a reader does not provide the Personal Data that Linear processes on the basis of contractual necessity, they will be unable to use some or all portions of the Services that require that data.
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