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The clause defines prohibited conduct that Shopify enforces against users, establishing boundaries for service use and creating grounds for action by the platform against accounts that violate these restrictions.
Users operating Shopify Services are bound by restrictions on sending unsolicited communications, distributing malicious code, and conducting phishing or fraudulent activities. The terms prohibit these activities as conditions of service access.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"The following activities are prohibited: Sending unsolicited bulk messages, spam, or other forms of unsolicited communications; uploading, transmitting, or distributing any malware, viruses, or other harmful code; using Shopify Services to engage in phishing, spoofing, or other fraudulent activities.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
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The clause defines prohibited conduct that Shopify enforces against users, establishing boundaries for service use and creating grounds for action by the platform against accounts that violate these restrictions.
Users operating Shopify Services are bound by restrictions on sending unsolicited communications, distributing malicious code, and conducting phishing or fraudulent activities. The terms prohibit these activities as conditions of service access.
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