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No amendment shall apply to a dispute for which an arbitration has been initiated prior to the change in Terms.
If we do not hear from you during the notice period, you will be considered as having accepted the proposed changes and they will apply to you from the effective date specified on the notice.
it is your responsibility to review the Agreement posted to our website from time to time to see if it has been changed.
"We agree that changes cannot be retroactive.Excerpt from LinkedIn's User Agreement
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The clause states: “We agree that changes cannot be retroactive.”
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