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Cookie notice

Shopify

Cookie Policy

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In short

  • You accept that Shopify and third-party partners track your activity across their websites, merchant storefronts, and the Shop app to build profiles for advertising.
  • This includes sharing your browsing data with companies like Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Instagram for targeted marketing.
  • You also allow persistent cookies to store your preferences and session data for up to two years.

What you accept

If you use this site

Everyday words for the material promises and rights you give up. Each line includes a quote from the document.

Fineprint cannot see whether you agreed. This page is posted on their site. Open the original if you need to know how they say it applies.

  1. 01

    You are agreeing to let Shopify and its partners place tracking cookies on your device for advertising and analytics.

    Other products, stores, or brands

    “Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests... These cookies remember that you visited our website and we may share this information with third-parties, such as advertisers.”
  2. 02

    You are agreeing to have your browsing data shared with third-party ad providers like Facebook and Google for retargeting.

    Other companies

    “We use Facebook Custom Audiences to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites... We use Google Ads to deliver targeted advertisements to individuals who visit our websites.”
  3. 03

    You are agreeing to persistent cookies that remain on your device for extended periods to remember your login and preferences.

    This product

    “Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.”

What it can cost you

Downsides we could quote

Quoted clauses that can affect your privacy, money, or right to go to court — including terms that follow you to other products.

Highest-cost clauses first

High cost

Tracking you across apps

You are agreeing to allow cross-site tracking and data sharing with advertisers based on your browsing history.

“These cookies remember that you visited our website and we may share this information with third-parties, such as advertisers. Although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites...”

What that means: Your browsing habits on Shopify sites and potentially others are tracked and sold to advertisers.

The policy explicitly states that advertising cookies can track visits to 'other sites' and that this data is shared with advertisers. This constitutes cross-site tracking for commercial purposes.

Medium cost

Tracking you across apps

You are agreeing to the installation of third-party tracking pixels from various social media and advertising networks.

“We use pixels and tags from the following third parties, which may in turn place cookies... Facebook Pixel... Google Ads... TikTok... LinkedIn Insight Tag... Reddit Ads... Twitter... YouTube...”

What that means: Multiple external companies can set cookies and track your activity when you visit Shopify properties.

Shopify embeds numerous third-party tracking pixels from major social media and ad platforms. These tools collect data to measure interactions and deliver targeted ads.

Medium cost

Indefinite retention

You are agreeing to allow persistent storage of your cookie data for up to two years.

“Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.”

What that means: Your data and preferences are stored on your device for long periods, increasing privacy exposure over time.

Data collected via cookies is retained for significant periods, up to two years, allowing long-term profiling without immediate user re-consent for each session.

Lower cost

Cookie consent that favors Accept

You are agreeing that rejecting tracking cookies may degrade the website's performance and accessibility.

“Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.”

What that means: Users may feel pressured to accept all cookies to avoid potential loss of functionality.

The document warns users that blocking cookies harms usability but does not force acceptance through deceptive UI design in this text alone. However, it frames rejection as a negative choice.

If these terms already apply to you

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