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This agreement governs how your Stripe account works when a third-party platform connects to it. Stripe can end the agreement at any time for any reason with notice, and a connected platform can deduct fees directly from your account balance and may even prevent you from cutting off its access to your account. You are solely responsible for complying with laws related to your own products and services, and for obtaining any customer consents needed for Stripe to process personal data.
The Stripe Connect Platform Agreement establishes the terms under which a User's Stripe Account operates within a Stripe Connect Platform arrangement, defining the distinct roles of Stripe, the Platform, and the User. Stripe expressly limits its role to the services described in the Connected Account Agreement and the Stripe Services Agreement, disclaiming all liability for a Platform's acts or omissions and for the User's compliance with laws governing their own commerce. The agreement grants Stripe unrestricted termination authority upon notice, permits fee deductions from a User's account balance at a Platform's direction, and permits a Platform to restrict a User's ability to revoke the Platform's access to their Stripe Account. User Data is defined to include customers' Personal Data, and the User bears sole responsibility for providing all notices and obtaining all consents necessary to authorize Stripe's collection, use, retention, and disclosure of that data.
As a User under this agreement, you have limited control over how a connected Platform interacts with your Stripe Account: the Platform may restrict your ability to terminate its access, and both Stripe's fees and Platform-specified fees may be deducted from your account balance without separate authorization at the time of each deduction. Stripe accepts no liability for anything the Platform does or fails to do, and you are solely responsible for the goods and services you sell to your customers as well as for all legal compliance related to that commerce. You are also responsible for ensuring that all information provided to Stripe — whether submitted directly or through a Platform — is accurate and complete, and for obtaining all notices and consents required to authorize Stripe's processing of your customers' Personal Data.
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