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The prohibition extends beyond spam to cover 'other malicious practices,' a broad category that can encompass a wide range of harmful conduct on the platform.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'other malicious practices' is broad and undefined, leaving the scope of the prohibition subject to interpretation. This excerpt appears to be a fragment of the broader clause in id 25554.
Users are prohibited from sending spam or engaging in any other malicious practices through the Shopify platform.
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Send messages in violation of the USA CAN-SPAM Act or any other applicable anti-spam law.
You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)
Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file that controls automated access to portions of our Services;
"using Shopify as a platform to send spam, or for other malicious practicesExcerpt from Shopify's Acceptable Use Policy
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The prohibition extends beyond spam to cover 'other malicious practices,' a broad category that can encompass a wide range of harmful conduct on the platform.
Users are prohibited from sending spam or engaging in any other malicious practices through the Shopify platform.
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