Shopify's terms restrict use to business activity
The terms require you to use Shopify for business, not personal, household, or family purposes, so personal use falls outside their stated terms.
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Shopify provides merchants tools to build online stores, sell online and in person, and manage products, payments, shipping, and marketing.
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The terms require you to use Shopify for business, not personal, household, or family purposes, so personal use falls outside their stated terms.
If you connect a third-party inbox to Shop, Shopify says it receives email information to identify shopping-related messages and show order information.
Depending on where you live and how you use Shopify, you may request these data rights, subject to exceptions.
If you connect a third-party inbox to Shop, Shopify says it receives email information to identify shopping-related messages and show order information.
This applies if you use Shop and connect a third-party inbox, or transfer email messages to the app.
For data Shopify processes for a merchant, that merchant—not Shopify—decides how long the data is retained.
This applies when Shopify processes your information as a service provider or processor for a merchant.
Depending on where you live and how you use Shopify, you may request these data rights, subject to exceptions.
Availability depends on where you live and how you use Shopify, and the rights are subject to exceptions.
For people covered by its U.S. notice, Shopify says it does not sell personal data as that term is defined under U.S. privacy laws.
The statement appears in a notice for individuals residing in certain U.S. states and uses the definition of selling under U.S. Privacy Laws.
Depending on how you use Shopify, its U.S. notice lists advertisers and marketing vendors among possible recipients of personal data.
The notice describes possible disclosures depending on how you use Shopify.
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The terms require you to use Shopify for business, not personal, household, or family purposes, so personal use falls outside their stated terms.
No supported finding to show here. This does not mean the policy has no downsides in this area.
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