Shopify can change these Terms at any time just by posting updates on their website, and simply continuing to use Shopify means you've agreed to the new terms — even if you didn't know they changed.
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This clause establishes the procedural mechanism by which the service provider retains authority to alter contractual obligations without requiring affirmative user consent. It creates an ongoing monitoring obligation for users and conditions continued service access on acceptance of modified terms.
The combination of unilateral modification rights and implied consent through continued use means the effective terms of your Shopify agreement can change without you realizing it, potentially affecting your arbitration rights, data rights, or fee obligations.
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"We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check our website periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to our website or the Service following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.— Excerpt from Shopify's Shopify Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Implicates EU P2B Regulation (2019/1150) Art. 3, which requires at least 15 days' advance notice to business users of changes to the terms; EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13/EEC) — unilateral modification clauses without adequate notice may be classified as unfair terms; FTC Act Section 5 (deceptive practices where merchants are not meaningfully informed of material changes); and state contract law doctrines in the US requiring adequate notice for modifications to binding contracts. (2)
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This clause establishes the procedural mechanism by which the service provider retains authority to alter contractual obligations without requiring affirmative user consent. It creates an ongoing monitoring obligation for users and conditions continued service access on acceptance of modified terms.
The combination of unilateral modification rights and implied consent through continued use means the effective terms of your Shopify agreement can change without you realizing it, potentially affecting your arbitration rights, data rights, or fee obligations.
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