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Cross-border data transfers mean your Personal Data may be governed by foreign laws that may offer different or lesser protections than your home jurisdiction.
The updated policy changes the legal mechanism used to protect personal data when it crosses borders, but does not change where data is transferred or fundamentally alter protection levels. For EEA and Swiss users, data transfers between Shopify entities now rely on Shopify's Binding Corporate Rules (which have been approved by European data protection authorities), rather than adequacy decisions. For UK users, transfers use Standard Contractual Clauses and may rely on the adequacy decision for Canada. For transfers to third-party subprocessors, contractual commitments in the form of Standard Contractual Clauses now replace prior language referencing comparable protections. The policy states these mechanisms reflect Shopify's commitment to adequate protection, but the shift in legal instruments may have implications for how disputes or compliance issues would be evaluated under GDPR or UK data protection law.
View change record →Your Personal Data may be transferred by Shopify to another country, including the United States, and may become subject to the laws of that destination country.
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Your personal information may be transferred to countries other than where you live, such as, for example, to our servers in the US.
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"To operate our business, we may send your Personal Data outside of your state, province, or country, including to the United States. This data may be subject to the laws of the countries where we send it.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Privacy Policy
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Cross-border data transfers mean your Personal Data may be governed by foreign laws that may offer different or lesser protections than your home jurisdiction.
Your Personal Data may be transferred by Shopify to another country, including the United States, and may become subject to the laws of that destination country.
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