OTTAWA —
Company spokeswoman
Shopify says in the post that it terminated the employees' access to its network, referred the incident to law enforcement and will work with the
The customer data the employees were accessing was linked to fewer than 200 merchants, who Shopify has declined to identify but says have been notified.
The improperly accessed data includes basic contact information, such as emails, names and addresses, as well as order details, like what products and services were purchased.
Shopify says complete payment card numbers and other sensitive personal or financial information were not part of the incident and it has yet to find evidence that any of the data was used.
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