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“Agreement and Return Policy , applicable to your country. Upon payment by you for the POS Equipment, and confirmation to you of shipment of the POS equipment, you will acquire ownership of and title to the hardware components of the POS Equipment, and you will be licensed to access and use all POS Software installed in the POS Equipment (and any updates…”
Watch: confidentiality
Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.
Restricts the user from making public statements or disclosing participation in Beta Services without Shopify's prior written consent, imposing a non-disclosure obligation.
Incorporation by reference of Meta's Merchant Terms means data-sharing, privacy, and liability obligations are controlled by Meta and subject to unilateral change. Users bear the risk of compliance with terms they did not directly negotiate.
Incorporation by reference of the Amazon Payments Customer Agreement creates a direct obligation to Amazon's terms, which can change independently of Shopify's ToS. Data sharing with Amazon is inherent in using this payment method.
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- Privacy PolicyVerified - read in full - 0 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-07-10
- Terms of ServiceVerified - read in full - 267 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-24
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This segment completes the definition of 'Materials' by listing photos, images, videos, written content, code, product reviews, and other business content provided by the user, defining the full scope of user-generated content subject to ownership and use provisions.
"through the Services (including description and price), and any photos, images, videos, graphics, written content, audio files, code, information, product reviews, or other business content and data provided or made available by you or on y..."
Completes the trademark license grant, permitting Shopify to use the user's trademarks to operate, provide, and promote the Services, and specifies that this license survives termination to the extent needed to fulfil obligations that arose during the term.
"royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use the names, trademarks, service marks and logos associated with your Store (" Your Trademarks ") to operate, provide, and promote the Services and to perform our obligations and exercise our r..."
Shopify Network Intelligence combines customer data across merchants for product improvement and cross-merchant benefits. This is a data pooling arrangement that may implicate GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy frameworks depending on merchant jurisdiction. The burden of compliance is placed on the merchant, not Shopify.
"Enhanced Services are powered by Shopify Network Intelligence, which securely uses your customer data alongside data from other merchants and from Shopify to protect, grow, and improve your business. When you receive Shopify Enhanced Servic..."
This segment requires the user to confirm that Services are received for business purposes and not personal, household, or family use, establishing a representation that affects the applicable legal framework and consumer protection rights.
" You confirm that you are receiving any Services provided by Shopify for the purposes of carrying on a business activity and not for any personal, household or family purpose."
Plain-language summary defining the scope of Theme purchase rights (single Store use), modification rights, IP restrictions, support responsibility, and Theme availability—introducing the key restrictions and permissions that follow.
" You can purchase our Themes to use for one Store at a time. You are free to modify our Themes, but do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others, including the designer. For Theme-related problems, contact the designer. N..."
Grants merchants a license to use a purchased Theme for a single Store, permits transfer to a second owned Store upon closing the first (with Shopify Support involvement), and restricts transfer or sale to third parties; each Store requires a separate paid download.
" You may establish the appearance of your Shopify Store with a design template from Shopify's Theme Store (a " Theme "). If you download a Theme, you are licensed to use it for a single Store only. You are free to transfer a Theme to a seco..."
States that Shopify will create an Apple Pay for Safari account on the merchant's behalf using the merchant's URL(s) and business name, identifying the data elements shared with Apple and the account-creation obligation.
" Upon completion of sign up for the Service, Shopify will create an Apple Pay for Safari (" Apple Pay ") account on your behalf, using the URL(s) and business name associated with your Account."
Defines 'Enhanced Services' and 'Shopify Network Intelligence,' describes the data sources used (customer interactions with the store, other merchants, and Shopify), and establishes the user's ability to disable Network Intelligence, setting out the operative scope of the data-use program.
" Certain Additional Services help protect, grow, and improve your business and the businesses of other Shopify merchants through enhanced features that incorporate data and information from customer interactions with Your Store, with other ..."
Clause A directs users to an online portal for exercising specific data rights, while Clause B instructs users to contact Shopify Support or mail for making requests about their personal data, creating conflicting primary channels for the same action.
" To exercise your rights, including the "right to know" and "right to delete," please submit a request through our online portal. If you use Shop or Shop Pay, please visit https://shop.app/delete-account for instructions on how to request deletion of your information. If you have visited or made a purchase from a merchant's Shopify-powered store, please contact the specific merchant directly. If you make a request to us, we will forward your request to the relevant merchant. Please note that to protect your information and the integrity of our products and services, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In some cases we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity, such as your email address or a government issued ID. Under US Privacy Laws, you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request, we may need to collect additional information, such as a government issued ID, to verify your identity before processing your request to protect your information. For information on the CCPA requests we have received, please see here. In certain states, you may have the right to appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights. If you wish to appeal a decision, please contact Shopify Support. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights."
" If you would like to ask about, make a request relating to, or complain about how we process your Personal Data, please contact Shopify Support , or mail us at one of the addresses below. If you would like to submit a legally binding request to demand someone else's Personal Data (for example, if you have a subpoena or court order), please review our Guidelines for Legal Requests . If you have questions about how a merchant or store processes your Personal Data, you should contact the merchant or visit their privacy policy. If you are located in Canada or the United States, your Personal Data is received by: Shopify Inc. "
Within one document
Evidence appendix
Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.
"Enhanced Services are powered by Shopify Network Intelligence, which securely uses your customer data alongside data from other merchants and from Shopify to protect, grow, and improve your business. When you receive Shopify Enhanced Services, you should ensure you meet privacy requirements wherever you do business - check out our tools to help with that or visit the Shopify Help Center to learn more. You have a choice over how your customer data is used by Shopify for Enhanced Services and you can disable Shopify Network Intelligence anytime in Settings > Customer Privacy."
Shopify Network Intelligence combines customer data across merchants for product improvement and cross-merchant benefits. This is a data pooling arrangement that may implicate GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy frameworks depending on merchant jurisdiction. The burden of compliance is placed on the merchant, not Shopify.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"If you receive Enhanced Services, you are required to include a link to Shopify's Consumer Privacy Policy in your privacy policy, and to post a link to your privacy policy prominently in your Store. The content of your terms of service and privacy policy must also (i) disclose that your Store is hosted by Shopify, and Shopify collects and processes your customers' Personal Data, for purposes including but not limited to, providing the Enhanced Services, (ii) include notice that information submitted by customers to the Store(s) will be shared with Shopify as well as third parties that may be located in other countries, in order to provide services to such users, including but not limited to the Enhanced Services, and (iii) include a link to the method by which customers may opt out or object to Shopify processing their data for certain use cases, depending on their jurisdiction here ."
Shopify contractually requires merchants to incorporate specific privacy disclosures into their own legal documents. Failure to comply constitutes a breach of these Terms of Service and may expose merchants to regulatory liability for inadequate privacy notices.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Shopify respects the valid intellectual property rights of others and we expect Merchants to do the same. Posting content that constitutes an infringement of others' legal rights violates our Acceptable Use Policy and the content can be removed and/or your Store may be terminated at our discretion. If you believe content on our platform infringes your intellectual property rights, you can report it here . You can also learn more about our intellectual property policies here ."
Restricts merchants from posting content that infringes others' IP rights under the Acceptable Use Policy, and grants Shopify discretion to remove content and/or terminate the merchant's store; also provides a procedure to report IP infringement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" unless otherwise provided in the Terms of Service, you will not be entitled to any refunds of any Fees, pro rata or otherwise;"
Restricts the merchant's right to refunds of Fees upon termination, including pro-rata refunds, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Terms of Service, limiting post-termination financial recovery.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"It is in Shopify's sole discretion to refuse or remove any Materials from any part of the Services, including if we determine in our sole discretion that the goods or services that you offer through the Services, or the Materials uploaded or posted to the Services, violate our AUP or these Terms of Service."
The 'sole discretion' standard, repeated twice in one clause, means Shopify faces no contractual obligation to provide notice, reasons, or recourse before removing materials. This creates significant operational risk for merchants whose business depends on their store content.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"and you acknowledge that Shopify may disable access to any Third Party Services at any time in its sole discretion and without notice to you. Shopify is not responsible or liable to anyone for discontinuation or suspension of access to, or disablement of, any Third Party Service. Shopify strongly recommends that you seek specialist advice before using or relying on Third Party Services or Third Party Providers to ensure they will meet your needs. In particular, tax calculators should be used for reference only and not as a substitute for independent tax advice, when assessing whether a good or service is taxable or the correct tax rates you should charge to your customers."
Limits Shopify's liability for discontinuation or suspension of Third Party Services, disclaims responsibility for those services, and recommends seeking specialist advice before relying on them.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" You expressly understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, Shopify and its suppliers will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses arising out of or relating to the use of or inability to use the Service or these Terms of Service (however arising, including negligence)."
Limits Shopify's and its suppliers' liability to exclude all direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages arising from use or inability to use the Service, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Shopify does not provide refunds."
States that Shopify does not provide refunds, restricting the user's ability to seek reimbursement for fees paid.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"generally prohibits third parties from monitoring transmission, we cannot guarantee security with respect to the connection to the POS Services, and we will not be liable for any unauthorized access to or use of data transmitted via the POS Services."
Limits Shopify's liability for unauthorized access to or use of data transmitted via POS Services, completing the security disclaimer and excluding Shopify from responsibility for third-party breaches.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Services will function. Shopify may discontinue the Beta Services at any time in its sole discretion. Shopify will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service. The Beta Services may not work in the same way as a final version. Shopify may change or not release a final or commercial version of a Beta Service in our sole discretion."
Limits Shopify's liability for harm or damage arising from Beta Services and reserves sole discretion to discontinue or not release a final version, capping legal exposure.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"suffer, as a result of access by a Third Party Service or a Third Party Provider to your data or other Materials."
Completes the limitation of Shopify's liability for disclosure, modification, or deletion of data or Materials by a Third Party Service or Provider.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranty or condition, express, implied or statutory. Shopify does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. Shopify does not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services will be accurate or reliable."
A complete disclaimer of all warranties, including statutory ones (which may not be fully enforceable in all jurisdictions), combined with no SLA commitments in this document, means users bear the full risk of service degradation or failure.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"You will be responsible for any breach of the Terms of Service by your affiliates, agents or subcontractors and will be liable as if it were your own breach."
This clause creates vicarious liability for the actions of third parties operating on the user's behalf, expanding the user's exposure significantly beyond their direct conduct.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Shopify partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents it incorporates by reference (including the AUP); (b) or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or (c) any aspect of the transaction between you and your Customer, including but not limited to refunds, fraudulent transactions, alleged or actual violation of applicable laws (including but not limited to Federal and State consumer protection laws), or your breach of the Terms of Service."
The indemnification obligation is sweeping: it covers 'any aspect of the transaction' between merchant and customer, including 'alleged' violations of consumer protection laws. This means users bear legal defense costs even before liability is established. The inclusion of 'Shopify partners' as indemnified parties further expands exposure.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"confidentiality provisions in this agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you will not make any public statements or otherwise disclose your participation in the Beta Services without Shopify's prior written consent."
Restricts the user from making public statements or disclosing participation in Beta Services without Shopify's prior written consent, imposing a non-disclosure obligation.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Shopify's Email Services utilize Third Party Providers, including SendGrid (a Twilio Company). Your use of the Email Services is subject to Twilio's Acceptable Use Policy ."
Incorporation of a third party's AUP by reference means merchants are bound by external policies they do not negotiate and that can be amended without Shopify's involvement.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"You authorize Shopify to connect information about, or related to, Shop Users' purchases from your Store with their Shop account. Shopify may use certain information about your customers (including email address, phone number, purchase information and/or payment information) to support the processing and fulfilling of orders (e.g. order tracking), servicing Shop User accounts, and processing payments (e.g. enabling faster checkouts)."
Merchants grant a standing authorization for Shopify to collect, connect, and use sensitive customer data (including payment information) for Shopify's own service objectives, going beyond mere order fulfillment.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"By using Meta Pay on your Store, you are agreeing to be bound by the Meta Pay Merchant Terms and Conditions , as they may be amended by Meta from time to time."
Incorporation by reference of Meta's Merchant Terms means data-sharing, privacy, and liability obligations are controlled by Meta and subject to unilateral change. Users bear the risk of compliance with terms they did not directly negotiate.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
Common questions about Shopify Magic's policies
- Does Shopify Magic train its AI models on your data?
- Training possible — conditions or opt-outs apply — based on 1 verified finding from Shopify Magic's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
- Can you use Shopify Magic's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — with conditions — based on 7 verified findings from Shopify Magic's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Shopify Magic's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
9 verified clausesClauses in Shopify Magic's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Confidentiality
“hereunder, who each will treat such Confidential Information as provided herein, and who are each subject to obligations of confidentiality to such party that are at least as stringent as those contained herein; or (ii) as required by any law, regulation, or o…”
Establishes an exception permitting disclosure when required by law, regulation, or court order, subject to the condition of providing prompt written notice and seeking confidential treatment where legally permitted.
📍 Terms of Service › “Confidential Information to perform such party's obligations”Jump to exact text → - Confidentiality
“solely as necessary for performing its obligations under these Terms of Service and in accordance with any other obligations in these Terms of Service including this Section 6. Each party agrees that it will take all reasonable steps, at least substantially eq…”
Establishes the standard of care for protecting Confidential Information and defines permitted disclosures to employees, agents, and subcontractors who are bound by equivalent confidentiality obligations.
📍 Terms of Service › “Each party agrees to use the other party's Confidential Information”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to update or change any portion of the Terms of Service at any time. We will provide you with reasonable advance notice of changes to the Terms of Service that materially adversely affect your use of t…”
Reserves Shopify's unilateral right to amend the Terms of Service at any time with reasonable advance notice for material adverse changes, establishing the procedure and mechanism for modification.
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Terms of Service › “Which means”Jump to exact text → - Confidentiality
“We reserve the right to provide our Services to your competitors and make no promise of exclusivity. You further acknowledge and agree that Shopify employees and contractors may also be Shopify customers or merchants and that they may compete with you, althoug…”
Reserves Shopify's right to provide services to competitors and acknowledges that Shopify employees may compete with merchants, while restricting use of the merchant's Confidential Information (as defined in Section 6) i…
📍 Terms of Service › “Which means”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“If we make a material change to the Terms of Service that adversely affects your rights under the Terms of Service or your use of our Services in a material way, we will notify you in advance (unless the change relates to legal requirements or to prevent abuse…”
Obliges Shopify to provide advance notice to merchants when making material changes to the Terms of Service that adversely affect the merchant's rights or use of Services, with exceptions for legal requirements or abuse…
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Terms of Service › “Which means”Jump to exact text → - Confidentiality
“Both you and Shopify agree to use the Confidential Information of the other only to perform the obligations in these Terms of Service. Confidential Information must be protected and respected.”
Establishes a mutual obligation for both parties to use the other's Confidential Information only to perform obligations under the Terms of Service and to protect and respect such information.
📍 Terms of Service › “Which means”Jump to exact text →
+ 3 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
📋 Rules you must follow
42 verified clausesWhat Shopify Magic requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Moderation & enforcement
“You are responsible for all applicable Taxes that arise from or as a result of your subscription to or purchase of Shopify's products and services. To the extent that Shopify charges these Taxes, they are calculated using the tax rates that apply based on the…”
Imposes an obligation on the user to pay all applicable taxes arising from their subscription or purchase, and requires provision of exemption evidence where applicable, establishing user liability for tax compliance.
📍 Terms of Service › “All Fees are exclusive of applicable federal, provincial, state,”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“You agree that you may not use any trademarks, logos, or service marks of Shopify, whether registered or unregistered, including but not limited to the word mark SHOPIFY, the word mark SHOP, the word mark SHOP PAY, and the " S " and shopping bag design mark ("…”
Prohibits users from using Shopify's registered or unregistered trademarks and logos without written authorisation, and further restricts adoption of any marks that could be considered confusingly similar to Shopify Trad…
📍 § 8.2 (Shopify Intellectual Property)Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“The Store Owner is responsible for: (a) ensuring its employees, agents and subcontractors, including via Staff Accounts, comply with these Terms of Service; and (b) any breach of these Terms of Service by the Store Owner's employees, agents or subcontractors.…”
This clause imposes strict vicarious liability on the Store Owner for all third-party actors accessing the account. The explicit inclusion of affiliates and subsidiaries, and the non-delegable nature of obligations, sign…
📍 Terms of Service › “The Store Owner is responsible for: (a) ensuring its employees,”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“Your use of the Email Services must comply with all applicable laws. Examples of applicable laws include laws relating to spam or unsolicited commercial email (" UCE "), privacy, security, obscenity, defamation, intellectual property, pornography, terrorism, h…”
This segment imposes an obligation on the user to comply with all applicable laws (including spam, privacy, security, and other laws) when using the Email Services, and places responsibility on the user to know those law…
📍 Terms of Service › “AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS (THE " EMAIL”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“Payments will be your default payments gateway(s) and that it is your sole responsibility as the Store Owner to activate and maintain these accounts. If you do not wish to keep either of the payment accounts active, it is your responsibility to deactivate them…”
Clarifies the merchant's responsibility to deactivate unwanted payment accounts and cross-references Section 9.9 to incorporate the definition of 'Third Party Service', formally classifying PayPal Express Checkout under…
📍 Terms of Service › “You acknowledge that PayPal Express Checkout and/or Shopify”Jump to exact text →
+ 37 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
What the policies actually cover
11 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking3 clauses
- Advertising & tracking1 obligation4 clauses
- Sale or sharing of personal data1 clause
- Data shared with other AI providers1 clause
- Trains by default, opt-out available1 clause
- Damages & liability cap13 clauses
- Indemnity direction5 clauses
- Terms can change at any time3 protective14 clauses
- Auto-renewal & cancel window6 clauses
- Feedback ownership2 clauses
- Conduct restrictions14 obligations15 clauses
202 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Cross-clause notes
Two verified clauses intersect on the same subject matter: the Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Shopify requires to exercise any rights or perform any obligations” addresses how long content is retained, and the Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Which means” addresses use of content in connection with model training or service improvement. Both clauses are in force at the same time — read them together.
The Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Anything uploaded to Shopify remains the property and responsibility” describes rights the platform takes in user content, and the Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Shopify does not guarantee the availability of Third Party Services” describes disclosure of data to third parties or subprocessors. Both clauses are in force at the same time — read them together.
Automated cross-reference against the published rubric — not legal advice.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we have collected it. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of your Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“You irrevocably waive any and all moral rights you may have in the Materials in favour of Shopify and agree that this waiver may be invoked by anyone who obtains rights in the materials through Shopify, including anyone to whom Shopify may transfer or grant (including by way of license or sublicense) any rights in the Materials.”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“You irrevocably waive any and all moral rights you may have in the Materials in favour of Shopify and agree that this waiver may be invoked by anyone who obtains rights in the materials through Shopify, including anyone to whom Shopify may transfer or grant (including by way of license or sublicense) any rights in the Materials.”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“We do not take ownership of the Materials that you provide to Shopify; however, we do require a license to your Materials. You hereby grant Shopify a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide right and license to host, use, distribute, expose, modify, run, copy, store, publicly perform, communicate to the public (including by telecommunication), broadcast, reproduce, make available, disp...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“Agreement and Return Policy , applicable to your country. Upon payment by you for the POS Equipment, and confirmation to you of shipment of the POS equipment, you will acquire ownership of and title to the hardware components of the POS Equipment, and you will be licensed to access and use all POS Software installed in the POS Equipment (and any updates thereto), on a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-sublice...”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | commercial use | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | confidentiality | worsens | HIGH | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | data retention | conditional | MEDIUM | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | governing law disputes | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 8 |
| All applicable tiers | moderation enforcement | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | output ownership | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | privacy data use | worsens | HIGH | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | prompt ownership | worsens | HIGH | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 12 |
| Api | tier differences | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| Free | confidentiality | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
Latest stance: broad license on moderation enforcement
“royalty-free, worldwide right and license to use the names, trademarks, service marks and logos associated with your Store (" Your Trademarks ") to operate, provide, and promote the Services and to perform our obligations and exercise our rights under the Terms of Service. This license will survive any termination of the Terms of Service solely to the extent that Shopify requires the license to exercise any rights or perform any obligations that arose during the Term.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on commercial use
“We reserve the right to provide our Services to your competitors and make no promise of exclusivity. You further acknowledge and agree that Shopify employees and contractors may also be Shopify customers or merchants and that they may compete with you, although they may not use your Confidential Information (as defined in Section 6) in doing so.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing
“We do not provide any warranties or make representations to you with respect to Third Party Services or Third Party Providers. You acknowledge that Shopify has no control over Third Party Services or Third Party Providers and will not be responsible or liable to you or anyone else for such Third Party Services or Third Party Providers. The availability of Third Party Services, or the integration or enabling of such Third Party Services with the”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing
“Shopify may provide you with access to or enable third party software, applications (" Apps "), products, services or website links (collectively, " Third Party Services ") for your consideration or use, including via the Shopify App Store or Partner Directory. Such Third Party Services are made available only as a convenience, and your purchase, access or use of any such Third Party Services is solely between you and the applicable third party services provider (" Third Party Provider "). In addition to these Terms of Service, you also agree to be bound by the additional service-specific terms applicable to services you purchase from, or that are provided by, Third Party Providers.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing
“improvements or additions to the Services. Under no circumstances will any disclosure of any idea, suggestion or related material or any review of the Services, Third Party Services or any Third Party”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing
“may receive email communications including replies that you exchange with Third Party Providers. You further agree that Shopify may share your contact details and the background information that you submit via the Services with Third Party Providers. You may choose to allow Third Party Providers access to certain parts of your Admin and control their access levels.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“We are not responsible for damages or lawsuits that arise if you break the law, breach this agreement or go against the rights of a third party. The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We provide no warranties and our liability is limited in the event of errors or interruptions.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“listings, Your Trademarks and any other content, data, or information from your Shopify Store on Shop. While Shop enables Shop Users to shop natively, the transaction is completed on your Shopify Store. For clarity and avoidance of doubt, Section 7 (Limitation of Liability and Indemnification) and Section”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-07-10· verified 2026-07-10verified once — not yet re-verified
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-24· verified 2026-08-03
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↓ 282 fewer findings this quarter vs last (158 vs 440). First scan: June 2026.
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