Shopify Magic policy evolution
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Jul 10, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“Because we need your Personal Data to provide Shopify services, we generally keep your Personal Data, including sensitive Personal Data, while you use Shopify products or services or until you tell us to delete your information. We may also keep Personal Data to comply with legal obligations or protect our or other's interests. If you are a merchant operating a Shopify-powered store, and you close the store, stop paying your subscription fees, or we terminate your account, we retain store information for two years before we begin the deletion process. When we process your information as a service provider or processor for the merchant, the merchant, not Shopify, decides how long your information is retained.”
Open citationJul 10, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“We believe you should be able to access and control your Personal Data no matter where you live. Depending on how you use Shopify, you may have the right to request access to, correct, amend, delete, port to another service provider, restrict, or object to certain uses of your Personal Data. We will not charge you more or provide you with a different level of service if you exercise any of these rights. Please note that a number of these rights apply only in certain circumstances, and all of these rights may be limited by law. Where Shopify acts as processor or service provider of your Personal Data on behalf of Shopify merchants, you need to directly contact the merchant you interacted with. For more information about how merchants collect and use your data when you visit and make purchases in their stores, review the specific merchant's terms and privacy policy. In some cases, we may offer tools and assistance to merchants to help fulfill these requests. If you are a merchant, consumer, partner, website visitor or other individual that Shopify has a direct relationship with or for whom Shopify processes your Personal Data as a Data Controller, please submit your data subject request through the privacy portal . We may require you to provide additional documentation to verify your identity and may use third parties to assist us with this process. Further information about rights available to US residents can be found below under the header "United States Regional Privacy Notice".”
Open citationJul 10, 2026retentionmedium
retention
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based
“We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we have collected it. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of your Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means and the applicable legal requirements. We will also retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our policies. If you stop using our services or if you delete your account with us, we will delete your information or store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format. Depending on whether you are a merchant, consumer, partner, or visitor, please refer to our supplemental privacy policies, as relevant, for further details on the retention of your Personal Data.”
Open citationGenerated from live stance events. Informational only, not legal advice.