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Square places the legal burden of obtaining customer consent or permission directly on the seller, not on Square itself, which means sellers bear compliance risk if customer permissions are inadequate.
Square requires sellers — not Square itself — to secure any permissions needed before Square processes customers' data as described in the Privacy Notice.
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"It is your responsibility to obtain any necessary permission for us to use Your Customers' Data in the manner envisaged in this Privacy Notice so that we can provide you with the Services requested by you.Excerpt from Square's Privacy Notice
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Square places the legal burden of obtaining customer consent or permission directly on the seller, not on Square itself, which means sellers bear compliance risk if customer permissions are inadequate.
Square requires sellers — not Square itself — to secure any permissions needed before Square processes customers' data as described in the Privacy Notice.
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