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The prohibition tracks applicable law on cross-border technology transfer and explicitly names encryption software, a category subject to export controls in many jurisdictions.
Users are prohibited from transferring or moving any software, technology, or services across national borders in any manner that applicable law does not permit.
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No Services, including software, may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of any applicable law, rule, regulation, or export or import control.
no Materials will be accessed from, downloaded in, released in, carried to, transferred to, transshipped through, exported to, or re-exported...to any territory...to which such Materials could not be transferred directly from the United States
You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
"Transfer or move software, technology, or services (including our software or encryption software) to or from any country in a way that law does not permitExcerpt from Stripe's Acceptable Use Policy
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The prohibition tracks applicable law on cross-border technology transfer and explicitly names encryption software, a category subject to export controls in many jurisdictions.
Users are prohibited from transferring or moving any software, technology, or services across national borders in any manner that applicable law does not permit.
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