“If you use Shop and you connect your third party inboxes, such as Gmail or Outlook...we receive information to identify shopping-related emails and display, within Shop, information about specific orders you have made.”
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Connecting a third-party inbox grants Shopify access to email data, which is used to surface and display order information within the Shop app.
If you connect a third-party email inbox to your Shop account, Shopify will receive information from that inbox to identify shopping-related emails and show your order history in Shop.
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"If you use Shop and you connect your third party inboxes, such as Gmail or Outlook...we receive information to identify shopping-related emails and display, within Shop, information about specific orders you have made.Excerpt from Shopify's Privacy Policy
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Connecting a third-party inbox grants Shopify access to email data, which is used to surface and display order information within the Shop app.
If you connect a third-party email inbox to your Shop account, Shopify will receive information from that inbox to identify shopping-related emails and show your order history in Shop.
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