“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 permit”
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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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you represent and warrant that you will not transfer, by electronic transmission or otherwise, the software or technology to a foreign national or a foreign destination in violation of the law.
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 Software from the Site may be downloaded or otherwise exported or reexported (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria, or any other country subject to a U.S. or U.N. embargo or sanction...
"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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