Shopify Privacy Api

Topic summary

Developers are seeking clarification on whether they must implement Shopify’s privacy/cookie consent banner API when their apps don’t use cookies at all.

Key Question:

  • Does the Privacy API requirement apply to apps that only use local storage for user data or tracking purposes, rather than traditional cookies?

Current Status:

  • Multiple developers have the same uncertainty
  • Awaiting official guidance from Shopify team
  • One developer has created a separate thread detailing their specific use case involving local storage and customer integration requirements

Context:
The discussion references Shopify’s privacy API documentation but questions its scope and applicability to non-cookie storage mechanisms.

Summarized with AI on November 23. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Do we need to implement shopify privacy cookies banner as mentioned here? We don’t use cookies at all, we use local storage to store some user data for some use cases.

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I have exactly the same doubts. I would like to know the official response from the Shopify team.

Our case is described in this thread.