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"You also agree that federal, state or local ordinances or rules around handling of different types of alarms and requests for first responder dispatch may apply to your security system and monitoring service.Excerpt from SimpliSafe's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “You also agree that federal, state or local ordinances or rules around handling of different types of alarms and requests for first responder dispatch may apply to your security system and monitoring service.”
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