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The updated terms specify which Shopify corporate entity you contract with and which courts have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes, based on your store's billing address. Previously, the terms designated contracting parties and courts by region but in separate sections; the revised structure consolidates this information in a single table and introduces Shopify Technology (USA) Inc. as a contracting party for US-based merchants. The practical effect is that merchants in different regions now have explicit clarity on their contracting counterparty and the specific court system that will handle disputes, though the geographic assignment of courts remains substantially similar to prior language.
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These Terms contain the entire agreement between you and OpenAI regarding the Services and, other than any Service-specific terms, supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and OpenAI.
Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and that, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Apple will have the right... to enforce the Agreement against you as a third party beneficiary thereof.
This electronic document, and all other electronic documents referred to or incorporated herein, will be: (a) deemed for all purposes to be a "writing" or "in writing"...and (b) legally enforceable as a signed agreement.
"By using Amazon Pay on your Store, you are agreeing to be bound by the Amazon Payments, Inc. Customer Agreement, as it may be amended by Amazon from time to time.Excerpt from Shopify's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “By using Amazon Pay on your Store, you are agreeing to be bound by the Amazon Payments, Inc. Customer Agreement, as it may be amended by Amazon from time to time.”
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