implement shopify's mandatory gdpr/privacy webhooks for a public app

domain: shopify.com · 6 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Register three webhook endpoints in your app's Partner Dashboard (or via API): `customers/data_request`, `customers/redact`, and `shop/redact`, each pointing to your HTTPS handler URL.
  2. In each webhook handler, verify the request authenticity by computing an HMAC-SHA256 of the raw request body using your app's client secret and comparing it to the `X-Shopify-Hmac-Sha256` header value (use a constant-time comparison).
  3. For `customers/data_request`, collect all stored data for the identified customer and email it to the shop owner within your app's stated privacy policy timeframe.
  4. For `customers/redact`, delete or anonymize all personal data your app stores for the identified customer.
  5. For `shop/redact`, delete all data your app retains for the identified shop, triggered 48 hours after the shop uninstalls your app.
  6. Return HTTP 200 promptly (within a few seconds) to acknowledge receipt; perform heavy processing asynchronously via a background job.

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