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Use and Features

Note

Before using this plugin, please read the explanation for the use of this plugin in:

GDPR standardizes data protection law across all 28 EU countries and imposes strict new rules on controlling and processing personally identifiable information (PII). From 25 May 2018 every website collecting data from EU citizens must need the GDPR requirements.

Use and its Features are as follows:

In your Shopify admin panel, navigate to Apps > Ultimate GDPR & CCPA and click on the app name:

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You will find there a sidebar menu visible on the left hand of the page (1). From there admin can accessed all of the GDPR & CPPA Toolkit’s options and functionalities.

Home

In this section all the detected cookies are saved.

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Cookies

Cookies section contain options that will:

  • find all the cookies used in the store (Scan for cookies),
  • gather them in a groups (Cookie manager)
  • create a cookie popup (Cookie consent) which will let the visitors of the website to decide which cookies they will allow.

What Cookies are used on your website?

You can render the table with all cookies collected by your website with simple shortcode: {{ultimate_gdpr_cookie_list}}

Active cookies will be displayed in a table, like the following:

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Note

Your website should be publicly accessible to correctly detect all cookies that are used on it

Block cookies and analytics

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Option from this section allow to block cookies and analytics until a visitor gives consent to store cookies.

  • Block selected cookies and scripts until consent is given - Cookies with Can be blocked option checked will be blocked until visitor will not give the consent
  • Block analytics until consent is given - Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Shopify Analytics, HotJar and Extreme DM tracking will be blocked
  • Enable Google Analytics anonymized IP tracking - This will work only when analytics is allowed

Requests

This section contain all the request send by the visitors using the GDPR & CPPA Toolkit forms.

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In the Settings we provide an option:

  • Data access - this option based on the fact if it is checked or not will remove empty records from the data file sent to user

In the section below settings option the app store all the messages received from the GDPR & CCPA Toolkit forms. The table contains of messages from:

  • All -
  • Data access -
  • Data erasure -
  • Data rectification -
  • Disable accounts -

Example of the request message

(example of the table) (Example of the inside of a message)

Request form

Content

Terms of service

Here can be set a page as the Terms of service page, set conditions, and set the page where to redirect.

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  • Page

    • Terms of service page - here can be choose where the Terms of service page is located.
    • Current terms version - if you change the version, visitors will have to give their consent again.
  • Force redirect

    • Automatically redirect users to policy page - Enable automatic redirecting users to the policy page until they accept it.
    • User agents (e.g. bots) to not be redirected - Add agents which won’t be redirected to the Term of service page
  • Consent

    • Accept button style - choose one of the available styles for the {{ultimate_gdpr_terms_accept}} button.
    • Users required to accept terms of service - choose user’s type which will need to accept terms of service
    • Page to redirect to after terms are accepted - set the page to which user will be redirected after accepting terms of service
    • Consent expiration time - The time (in days) until visitors are asked for consent again.
  • Additional options

    • Text to be converted to link - Convert any text within your store to a link to the Terms of service page.

Note

If Terms of service page will not be using accept button {{ultimate_gdpr_terms_accept}}, force redirect will never be lifted.

Privacy policy

Here can be set a page as the Privacy Policy page, set conditions, and set the page where to redirect.

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  • Page

    • Privacy policy page - here can be choose where the Privacy policy page is located.
    • Current terms version - if you change the version, visitors will have to give their consent again.
  • Force redirect

    • Automatically redirect users to policy page - Enable automatic redirecting users to the policy page until they accept it.
    • Redirect to policy page first - Make this redirect a priority if multiple redirects are set
    • User agents (e.g. bots) to not be redirected - Add agents which won’t be redirected to the Term of service page
  • Consent

    • Accept button style - choose one of the available styles for the {{ultimate_gdpr_privacy_accept}} button.
    • Users required to accept privacy policy - choose user’s type which will need to accept terms of service
    • Page to redirect to after policy is accepted - set the page to which user will be redirected after accepting terms of service
    • Consent expiration time - The time (in days) until visitors are asked for consent again.
  • Additional options

    • Text to be converted to link - Convert any text within your store to a link to the Privacy policy page.

Note

If Privacy policy page will not be using accept button {{ultimate_gdpr_privacy_accept}}, force redirect will never be lifted.

Age verification

Age Verification settings

Age verification popup comes with number of predefined skins, we can also set skin to “Custom” and use custom color and styling.

Customize (button) - After clicking it user will be forwarded to Customize age verification pop-up section Visitors to be asked for consent - Choose if and when users will see the pop-up

  • Visitors from California only - Age verification pop-up will be visible only for users from California
  • All visitors - Age verification pop-up will be visible for all users
  • Don’t show pop-up to anyone - Age verification will be hidden

Pages to display pop-up - Choose for which pages the pop-up will be visible

  • All pages
  • Selected pages only

Verification expiration time - The time until visitors are asked for verification again. Age restriction limit - The age which customer needs to be to proceed Choose the date selected by default - Choose the date selected by default that will be show in the pop-up

Customize age verification pop-up

Content:

  • Header - Set the text for the header of the pop-up

  • Description - Set the text for the description of the pop-up

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Buttons:

  • Text - Set text for the submit button

Appearance

  • Skin - Choose one of the pop-up’s skin which will fit your website the best (there is 16 skins to chose from)

    • Custom

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    • Red Velvet

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    • Peppermints

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    • Mint Chocolate

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    • Classic createIT

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    • Blueberry with Orange

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    • Blue Velvet

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    • Chocolate Matcha

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    • Classic Dark

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    • Classic Light

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    • Oreo

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    • Blue Shortbread

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    • Light Mint

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    • Blue Cupcake

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    • Matcha

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    • Thin Mint

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  • Position - Choose the possible position from 7 options (Top left, Top gull width, Top right, Bottom left, Bottom full width, Bottom right)

  • Distance from edge of page - Set the distance from the edge in pixels

Note

This option work only for the Skin style: Custom which can be set in the Appearance of the Customize age verification pop-up section

  • Header color - Choose color of the header of the pop-up
  • Text color - Choose color of the text of the pop-up
  • Background color - Choose background color for the pop-up
  • Background image URL - Add background image which will be used for the pop-up
  • Shape - Choose shape of the pop-up from available options (Rectangular, Rounded corner 5px, Rounded corners 25px)
  • Text color - Choose color of the text for the submit button
  • Background color - Choose background color for the submit button
  • Border color - Choose color of the border for the submit button
  • Border width - Choose width of the border for the submit button
  • Shape - Choose shape of the submit button from available options (Pill shape, Rounded corners, Rectangular)
  • Text color - Choose color of the text in the date inputs
  • Background color - Choose background color of the date inputs
  • Border color - Choose color of the border for the date inputs
  • Border width - Choose width of the border for the date inputs
  • Shape - Choose shape of the date inputs from available options (Pill shape, Rounded corners, Rectangular)

Custom CSS - Add custom styling for the Age verification popup

Shortcodes

Settings

After clicking the Settings link with a cog icon admin will be forwarded to a settings section which are used for the shortcodes the app is using.

  • Privacy settings widget:

    • Widget skin - choose one of the available skins for the Privacy settings widget (Default, Simple, Rounded, Tabbed)
    • Enable reCAPTCHA - when choose will protect forms within the widget from spam and abuse
  • Content protection - this option allow to customize message which will be used for the {{ultimate_gdpr_protection level=4}} Hidden content {{/ultimate_gdpr_protection}} shortcode

  • Privacy center - provide 3 options to customize the privacy center created via {{ultimate_gdpr_center}} shortcode:

    • Page with ‘my account’ GDPR form - to this page user will be forwarded after clicking Data Access Url, Forget Me URL, Forget Me URL which are part of the GDPR form
    • Contact page - user will be forwarded to this page after clicking Contact page
    • Icon color - choose the color which will be used for the icons
  • Cookie list - provide option which will allow to display all cookies separately (if checked)

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Shortcodes

Below the Settings are presented all the available GDPR & CCPA Toolkit’s shortcodes which can be used on the store pages.

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  • {{ultimate_gdpr_terms_accept}} - will add Terms and Condition button to the page
  • {{ultimate_gdpr_privacy_accept}} - will add Privacy Policy button to the page
  • {{ultimate_gdpr_cookie_list}} - will add Privacy Policy button to the page
  • {{ultimate_gdpr_cookie_modal}} Change cookie settings {{/ultimate_gdpr_cookie_modal}} - allows you to create a link for the Advance cookie settings. You can add it anywhere on your site.
  • {{ultimate_gdpr_protection level=4}} Hidden content {{/ultimate_gdpr_protection}} - it hide any content in the shortcode unless the cookie group chosen by the user of the site will meet the requirements.
  • {{ultimate_gdpr_center}} - will create a page that have the Privacy tools in the site.

Notifications

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Here admin can edit content of all notifications which our app will send to the visitors and subscribers

Notifications recipient

  • Email address - If the email address for the request is different than the one used by the store by default, it can be added here

Visitor notifications

  • Request - list of notifications templates that will be send automatically to the visitor. Each of the template can be edit after clicking on it.

    • Email confirmation
    • Data erasure
    • Data access
    • Unsubscribe
    • Disable account
    • Do not sell data
  • Data breach - Sent to all the customers and visitors when a data breach happens.

    • Data breach - allow to edit the template which will be received by the visitors.

Request notifications

  • New request - Sent to request notification subscribers when a visitor puts in a request.

Data Breach

Here admin will find an option to send a notifications to all of the user of the store.

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This section contain options to:

  • Send notification - Will automatically send notification to all of the users which personal data might be exposure
  • Customize notification - Allow admin of the store to modify the content of the message

Settings

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Settings contain 3 options:

  • Export settings - Option allowing to Export all of the app’s settings. This way the same settings can be used on multiple sites.
  • Import settings - Allow to export GDPR & CPPA Toolkit’s settings from a different website
  • Reset settings - Will reset back all the changed options to default.