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Businesses handling HIPAA-regulated data cannot use Shopify for that purpose, meaning compliance-dependent healthcare workflows are excluded from the platform.
Interpretive note: The clause uses 'such as' to introduce HIPAA-PHI as an example, indicating other unsupported activities exist but are not enumerated. The canonical claim captures only the explicitly named example.
Users are prohibited from uploading Protected Health Information subject to HIPAA through the Shopify platform.
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"certain business activities are not supported by our platform, such as uploading Protected Health Information subject to HIPAA.Excerpt from Shopify's Acceptable Use Policy
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Businesses handling HIPAA-regulated data cannot use Shopify for that purpose, meaning compliance-dependent healthcare workflows are excluded from the platform.
Users are prohibited from uploading Protected Health Information subject to HIPAA through the Shopify platform.
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