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Merchants trigger broad data-sharing permissions automatically by enabling a third-party service, without any additional consent step at the time of sharing.
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The updated terms clarify the legal identity of the Shopify entity you contract with and establish which courts have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve disputes, depending on your store's billing address. Previously, the terms specified exclusive jurisdiction by region (Ontario for US/Canada, Singapore for Asia Pacific, Ireland for EMEA and other areas). The revised structure presents this information in a table format and adds explicit language stating that disputes can only be brought in the courts listed for your region, with those courts having exclusive jurisdiction. Shopify Inc. may act as a billing agent for other Shopify entities to collect fees and remit taxes in some jurisdictions. You can review the contracting party and forum table in Section 13 to confirm which entity and courts apply to your store based on your billing address.
View change record →Merchants who install or enable any third-party service consent to their data and materials being shared with or accessed by that provider, and to Shopify taking any other actions required by that integration.
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Merchants trigger broad data-sharing permissions automatically by enabling a third-party service, without any additional consent step at the time of sharing.
Merchants who install or enable any third-party service consent to their data and materials being shared with or accessed by that provider, and to Shopify taking any other actions required by that integration.
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