Store Scanning
Overview
Store scanning helps you detect cookies and other browser-based technologies used on your Shopify store.
In Pandectes GDPR Compliance, the scanner reviews your storefront and reports detected items such as cookies, script tags, HTML storage, iframes, and pixels. You can use the results to review cookie categories, identify unknown providers, and update your cookie declaration.
How to access store scanning
From your Shopify admin:
- Go to Apps.
- Open Pandectes GDPR.
- In the Pandectes sidebar, click Reports.
The Reports page includes the following cards:
- Scan report
- Consents tracking
- Customer data requests
- Recommendations
To review store scan results, click View report under Scan report.
Requesting a new scan
From the Scan history page, click Request new scan to start a new store scan.
A confirmation modal appears before the scan starts. Review the store domain shown in the modal, then click Submit.
After submission, the scan is added to the scan history. The status updates when the scan is completed.
Scan report
The Scan report page shows the results of the latest completed scan.
At the top of the page, you can see summary information about the scan, including:
- Date – when the scan was performed
- Domain – the scanned store domain
- Cookies – total detected cookies
- Script tags – detected scripts
- HTML storage – detected local or session storage items
- Iframes – detected embedded iframe elements
- Pixels – detected tracking pixels
Cookie breakdown
The scan report includes a cookie breakdown section.
Cookies are grouped in two ways:
- By category
- By provider
The category chart helps you understand how detected cookies are classified across:
- Strictly necessary
- Functionality
- Performance
- Targeting
- Unclassified
The provider chart groups cookies by the detected provider, such as Shopify, Google, Meta, or unknown providers.
Cookies from unknown vendors or unclassified cookies may need to be reviewed and classified manually.
Detailed scan results
Below the charts, the scan report includes tabs for each detected item type:
- Cookies
- Scripts
- Storage
- Iframes
- Pixels
Use these tabs to review the detected items in more detail.
Depending on the item type, the table may include information such as:
- Name
- Provider
- Category
- Mode
- Retention
This information helps you confirm whether each item is categorized correctly.
Scan history
To view previous scans, click Scan history from the Scan report page.
The Scan history page lists previous scans and shows:
- Status
- Date
- Origin
- Number of cookies
- Number of HTML storage items
- Number of iframes
- Number of pixels
- View report action
The Origin column shows whether the scan was started manually or automatically.
Click View report next to a scan to open the report for that specific scan.
Scanning password-protected stores
If your store is password protected, the scanner may not be able to access all storefront pages.
When this happens, Pandectes shows a warning message on the scan report or scan history page.
To scan a password-protected store, click Scan behind password and provide the required storefront password.
Without the storefront password, scan results may be incomplete because the scanner can only access pages that are publicly available.
Updated on: 09/06/2026
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