Shopify—Shopify faced class action over Shop app data collection
Briskin v. Shopify class action lawsuit alleged the Shop app collected user personal data and shopping behavior without adequate consent, sharing it with third parties.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Privacy | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.331 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.66)× agency (negligent ×0.5)
Evidence (2 signals)
Shopify lost second motion to dismiss in Briskin checkout data-harvesting class action
US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied Shopify's second motion to dismiss the Briskin v. Shopify class action on July 30, 2026, allowing claims to proceed that Shopify's checkout software intercepted shopper data (name, address, email, card number, IP address, geolocation) in transit and packaged it into profiles sold to merchants without shopper consent. The class covers anyone who paid through Shopify's checkout software while in California since August 2017.
Class action filed against Shopify over Shop app data collection
Briskin v. Shopify class action lawsuit was filed alleging the Shop app collected personal data and shopping behavior without adequate user consent.