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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 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.
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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