Shopify Privacy & Compliance app

This page was printed on Jul 16, 2023. For the current version, visit https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/privacy-and-compliance.

Shopify Privacy & Compliance is an app that helps merchants to meet applicable privacy regulations. By using the app, you can set up any of the following to display on your online store:

  • Acookie consent banner, which asks visitors for their consent to use cookies to collect data. This is required by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and laws in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
  • Acookie preferences pop-up. The cookie preferences dialog adds a link in the cookie consent banner to manage preferences. A visitor to an online store can then choose which types of data a merchant can collect. Allowing visitors to choose granular consent is also required by the GDPR and other privacy regulations.
  • Adata collection opt-out page. The data collection opt-out page, also referred to as thedo not sell or share my personal information page, lets online store visitors opt-out of the selling or sharing of their personal data. This opt-out page is required bycertain US State Laws.

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Install the Privacy & Compliance app

Steps

  1. Find thePrivacy & Compliance appin the Shopify App Store.
  2. On the app listing page, clickAdd app.
  3. In your Shopify admin, to authorize the use of the app, clickInstall app.

After the app is installed, you can view and use it from the Apps page in your Shopify admin.

Uninstall the Privacy & Compliance app

Steps

  1. From your Shopify admin, clickSettings>应用和销售渠道.
  2. ClickRemove.

Access the Privacy & Compliance app

Steps

  1. From your Shopify admin, clickSettings>应用和销售渠道.
  2. From the应用和销售渠道page, clickPrivacy & Compliance.
  3. ClickOpen app.

In the Privacy & Compliance app, you can choose to display a cookie consent banner using default text, or customize it to meet your business needs.

The following customization options are available for the cookie banner:

  • position of the banner (called Banner display)
  • color (light, dark, or custom)
  • content

While choosing what level of customization is right for you, keep the following in mind:

  • The default content has been created to help meet legal requirements but may not apply to your specific business or region.
  • You should verify the default content to confirm that it applies to your business, and edit the information if needed.

If you are new to the app, you can follow these steps to install a pre-built cookie banner:

  1. Check on theCookie consent bannerpage that you have created a privacy policy and your privacy policy URL is accurate. You cancreate a privacy policyinSettings>Policiesin your admin.
  2. Click theTurn banner onbutton.

Revert to banner defaults

If you make changes and want to go back to the original defaults, then go toActionsand clickRevert to defaults. This will return your cookie banner content and placement and preferences dialog content back to the defaults.

Preview banner

You can preview how your choices appear on mobile in the preview window on the right side of the screen. To view how the banner appears on your online store, follow these steps:

  1. On a desktop device, save your edits by clicking theSavebutton.
  2. ClickView on online store.

A cookie preferences dialog allows visitors to your online store to choose whether they give consent to the ways you may collect and share their information. This includes remembering their preferences, measuring site performance, and personalizing marketing. This is required by the European Union’s GDPR and other privacy regulations.

When you choose to link a preferences dialog, aManage preferenceslink is added to your cookie banner. When a visitor clicks this link, a dialog will display with information and cookie types which they can select. The default text for this page includes an introduction on how a visitor has control over their data and describes the benefits when visitors selectAccept all cookies. It also describes four cookie categories with descriptions.

The color of your cookie preferences dialog will match the color you’ve chosen for your cookie banner. All content in the preferences dialog can be edited. The cookie preferences dialog is displayed in the center of the page of your online store. The placement of the dialog can’t be customized.

Data collection opt-out page

To help meetcertain US State Privacy Laws,你可以显示一个页面,其中对游客选择to limit the collection and sharing of their information.

If you are new to the app, then you can choose to display a pre-built data collection opt-out page by adding a menu navigation link and clicking theActivatebutton. You can also revert any edits to the default content for this page by clicking theRevert to defaultsbutton in theData collection opt-out pagesection of the app.

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