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October 1, 2020

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* API

# Legal Policy API now available

As of 2020-10, legal settings can now be modified using the new Legal Policies API. Legal policy apps will be able to update the text content of policies by specified policy type (e.g. refund policy or privacy policy).

Learn more about the all new [Legal Policy API](https://shopify.dev/docs/admin-api/graphql/reference/mutation/shoppolicyupdate?api%5Bversion%5D=2020-10) in our developer docs.