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"IF YOU CHANGE THE REGISTERED COUNTRY OF YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM SMARTTHINGS AND SAMSUNG FIND. AND YOUR DATA IN THE SMARTTHINGS SERVER AND SAMSUNG FIND WILL BE DELETED.Excerpt from Samsung's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “IF YOU CHANGE THE REGISTERED COUNTRY OF YOUR SAMSUNG ACCOUNT, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM SMARTTHINGS AND SAMSUNG FIND. AND YOUR DATA IN THE SMARTTHINGS SERVER AND SAMSUNG FIND WILL BE DELETED.”
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