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The prohibition on fraud covers three distinct categories of victims—Shopify itself, other merchants, and buyers—establishing broad anti-fraud obligations for all platform users.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains three independent prohibitions: fraud, spam, and malicious practices. The canonical claim captures only the fraud prohibition; the others are recorded in omitted_material.
Any user is prohibited from engaging in fraud against Shopify, other merchants, or buyers through the platform.
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Customer may not indicate that a product or service developed with the Software is sponsored or endorsed by NVIDIA unless expressly authorized in writing by NVIDIA.
Send messages in violation of the USA CAN-SPAM Act or any other applicable anti-spam law.
You may not...engage in any other conduct that restricts any person from using our Services, or that we reasonably believe exposes us...to any liability, damages, or harm, including reputational harm.
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"We also don't tolerate anyone defrauding Shopify, other merchants, or buyers, using Shopify as a platform to send spam, or for other malicious practices.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Acceptable Use Policy
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The prohibition on fraud covers three distinct categories of victims—Shopify itself, other merchants, and buyers—establishing broad anti-fraud obligations for all platform users.
Any user is prohibited from engaging in fraud against Shopify, other merchants, or buyers through the platform.
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