No-promise customer data request template for Shopify merchants
A conservative template for customer data requests where the merchant wants to avoid legal or outcome promises. It keeps the response safe and practical: use the published privacy route, avoid collecting secrets, and do not promise export, deletion, correction, access, verification, legal outcome, or exact timing.
Use this when
A conservative template for customer data requests where the merchant wants to avoid legal or outcome promises.
Keep these guardrails
- No promise of export, deletion, correction, access, verification, or timing
- Use published policy route
- Do not collect secrets or sensitive documents in email
Do not collect secrets
Do not ask for passwords, one-time codes, backup codes, government ID images, full card numbers, bank details, private account links, private payment details, or unnecessary sensitive files in ordinary support email.
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Thanks for contacting us about a customer data request. Please use the privacy contact route listed in our store policy so the request can be reviewed through the correct process.
Do not send passwords, one-time codes, backup codes, government ID images, full card numbers, bank details, or private account links in this email.
The next support step will follow the process described in the store policy.
Adapt it safely
- Use your own published privacy policy and contact route.
- Replace legal conclusions with a process-based next step.
- Keep data requests separate from normal order support when needed.
- Avoid promising export, deletion, correction, verification, or timelines.
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