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Hello, here in Germany, where data privacy is a huge issue, our attorneys have suggested that we want to put any and all tracking software used by Shopify in our Datenschutzerklärung. Can someone help me with this?
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This should give you what you need. It is from Shopify's own default privacy policy and lists all the cookies they set and use for tracking purposes.
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We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.
Name Function
_ab | Used in connection with access to admin. |
_secure_session_id | Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. |
cart | Used in connection with shopping cart. |
cart_sig | Used in connection with checkout. |
cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout. |
checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout. |
secret | Used in connection with checkout. |
secure_customer_sig | Used in connection with customer login. |
storefront_digest | Used in connection with customer login. |
_shopify_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information. |
Name Function
_tracking_consent | Tracking preferences. |
_landing_page | Track landing pages |
_orig_referrer | Track landing pages |
_s | Shopify analytics. |
_shopify_s | Shopify analytics. |
_shopify_sa_p | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
_shopify_sa_t | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
_shopify_y | Shopify analytics. |
_y | Shopify analytics. |
[INSERT OTHER COOKIES OR TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU USE]
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. 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.
This is an accepted solution.
This should give you what you need. It is from Shopify's own default privacy policy and lists all the cookies they set and use for tracking purposes.
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We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.
Name Function
_ab | Used in connection with access to admin. |
_secure_session_id | Used in connection with navigation through a storefront. |
cart | Used in connection with shopping cart. |
cart_sig | Used in connection with checkout. |
cart_ts | Used in connection with checkout. |
checkout_token | Used in connection with checkout. |
secret | Used in connection with checkout. |
secure_customer_sig | Used in connection with customer login. |
storefront_digest | Used in connection with customer login. |
_shopify_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information. |
Name Function
_tracking_consent | Tracking preferences. |
_landing_page | Track landing pages |
_orig_referrer | Track landing pages |
_s | Shopify analytics. |
_shopify_s | Shopify analytics. |
_shopify_sa_p | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
_shopify_sa_t | Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals. |
_shopify_y | Shopify analytics. |
_y | Shopify analytics. |
[INSERT OTHER COOKIES OR TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU USE]
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. 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.
Thank you so much! That helped me a lot!
Hi Jon, thank you for repyling to this.
We get a lot of bot traffic from Germany and Netherlands. We have stopped this from triggering our
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