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The indemnification obligation allocates legal and financial risk to merchants for claims connected to their business operations, customer relationships, and compliance obligations. This establishes merchants as the responsible party for defending Shopify against third-party litigation costs and damages arising from merchant-specific conduct or transactions.
Merchants operating under this agreement bear the obligation to cover Shopify's legal defense costs and damages for third-party claims related to their transactions, customer disputes, regulatory violations, or breach of the service terms. This obligation applies regardless of whether Shopify bears any responsibility for the underlying claim.
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"You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Shopify partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents it incorporates by reference (including the AUP); (b) or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or (c) any aspect of the transaction between you and your Customer, including but not limited to refunds, fraudulent transactions, alleged or actual violation of applicable laws (including but not limited to Federal and State consumer protection laws), or your breach of the Terms of Service.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Terms of Service
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The indemnification obligation allocates legal and financial risk to merchants for claims connected to their business operations, customer relationships, and compliance obligations. This establishes merchants as the responsible party for defending Shopify against third-party litigation costs and damages arising from merchant-specific conduct or transactions.
Merchants operating under this agreement bear the obligation to cover Shopify's legal defense costs and damages for third-party claims related to their transactions, customer disputes, regulatory violations, or breach of the service terms. This obligation applies regardless of whether Shopify bears any responsibility for the underlying claim.
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