The agreement prohibits users from facilitating illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services and from causing harm to Stripe or third parties through use of the services.
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This provision establishes a broad prohibition on facilitating illegal or harmful activity and extends user responsibility to preventing others from engaging in such conduct through their access, which may create liability exposure for users whose accounts are used by third parties.
Interpretive note: The terms 'harmful activity' and 'harm' are not defined in the document, leaving their scope subject to interpretation by Stripe or applicable courts.
Under this clause, users bear responsibility for ensuring their use of the End User Services does not facilitate illegal activity or cause harm to Stripe or others, and this obligation extends to preventing others from doing so through their access. The broad framing of 'harmful activity' is not defined in the document text.
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This provision establishes a broad prohibition on facilitating illegal or harmful activity and extends user responsibility to preventing others from engaging in such conduct through their access, which may create liability exposure for users whose accounts are used by third parties.
Under this clause, users bear responsibility for ensuring their use of the End User Services does not facilitate illegal activity or cause harm to Stripe or others, and this obligation extends to preventing others from doing so through their access. The broad framing of 'harmful activity' is not defined in the document text.
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