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Third-Party Data Sharing with Service Providers and App Developers

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What it is

We share your personal information with third parties to help us use your personal information as described above. We work with third-party service providers to provide website and application development, hosting, maintenance, backup, storage, virtual infrastructure, payment processing, analysis and other services for us.

Why it matters

The breadth of third-party sharing — encompassing app developers in the Shopify App Store who may have independent privacy practices — means your data can flow to vendors whose data practices Shopify does not fully control, increasing the risk of secondary data misuse.

Consumer impact

Shopify collects a wide range of personal data including contact details, payment information, browsing behavior, device identifiers, and purchase history from both merchants and end consumers shopping at Shopify-powered stores. This data is shared with an extensive network of third parties including advertising platforms, fraud detection vendors, payment processors, and third-party app developers, meaning your shopping behavior across multiple stores may be aggregated and used for targeted advertising without your explicit awareness. You can opt out of cross-context behavioral advertising and exercise data access or deletion rights by visiting Shopify's privacy request portal at https://privacy.shopify.com/en/consumer.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en/consumer to submit a data deletion request, which will require identity verification before processing.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    FTC Section 5 authority covers deceptive practices related to inadequate disclosure of third-party data sharing by online platforms.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
Shopify Privacy Policy
Entity
Shopify
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 15, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002221
Document ID
CA-D-00122
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Entity: Shopify | Document: Shopify Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-002221
Captured: 2026-03-15 11:22:02 UTC | SHA-256: 929225abb2067196…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/shopify/shopify-privacy-policy/third-party-data-sharing-with-service-providers-and-app-developers/
Accessed: April 6, 2026
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