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This provision establishes baseline content policies that Shopify enforces to maintain compliance with legal obligations regarding child safety and to manage platform risk. The clause creates operational boundaries for permissible merchant conduct and product offerings within the service.
Merchants using Shopify are contractually bound to comply with these restrictions on their product offerings and sales activities. Violation of these terms subjects merchants to enforcement action under Shopify's Acceptable Use Policy.
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This provision establishes baseline content policies that Shopify enforces to maintain compliance with legal obligations regarding child safety and to manage platform risk. The clause creates operational boundaries for permissible merchant conduct and product offerings within the service.
Merchants using Shopify are contractually bound to comply with these restrictions on their product offerings and sales activities. Violation of these terms subjects merchants to enforcement action under Shopify's Acceptable Use Policy.
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