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The use of "may have" indicates these rights are not guaranteed universally but depend on applicable law or other conditions not specified in this excerpt.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses "may have the right," which conditions the existence of these rights without specifying what determines their availability. This conditionality is preserved in all fields.
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 →Depending on applicable circumstances, you may have the right to request access to, correction, amendment, deletion, portability, restriction of, or objection to certain uses of your Personal Data.
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You may contact our privacy team with any requests of disclosure, correction, or deletion of your personal information. You may also request suspension of use or suspension of sharing of your personal information with certain third parties.
EU, UK, and Swiss individuals have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain personal information relating to you in the United States. Upon request, we will provide you with access to the personal information that we hold about you.
If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.
"You may have the right to request access to, correct, amend, delete, port to another service provider, restrict, or object to certain uses of your Personal Data.Excerpt from Shopify's Privacy Policy
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The use of "may have" indicates these rights are not guaranteed universally but depend on applicable law or other conditions not specified in this excerpt.
Depending on applicable circumstances, you may have the right to request access to, correction, amendment, deletion, portability, restriction of, or objection to certain uses of your Personal Data.
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