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Mailchimp

This Integration requires Fides Cloud or Fides Enterprise. For more information, talk to our solutions team. (opens in a new tab)

Mailchimp (opens in a new tab) is a marketing automation platform, primarily focused on email marketing.

Prerequisites

In order to integrate with Mailchimp, you'll need to collect the following information:

NameDescription
Domain*Your Mailchimp URL
Username*Your Mailchimp username
API key*Your API Key. Follow Mailchimp's docs to generate an API Key (opens in a new tab)

Integrating with Mailchimp

To integrate an existing system with Mailchimp:

  1. Navigate to Data mapView Systems and choose the system that you want to connect.
  2. Click on the Integrations tab.
  3. Pick the vendor or system type that you want to integrate with from the Connection type drop-down menu.
  4. Complete the required fields for the integration and click Save.

You may confirm your connection is working using the Test connection button, if desired.

To learn more, please see our guide for Managing Integrations.

Technical detail

Fides utilizes API endpoints to access the API service for a SaaS application. An API service is the programmatic interface through which Fides can query and update data within an application to access, rectify, or delete personal information. Each SaaS tool will have a unique set of endpoints to enable privacy functions.

Mailchimp endpoints

In the table below, you can find which endpoints are used for each type of privacy function. Clicking on the endpoint will take you to the documentation for that endpoint.

Privacy functionEndpointDescription
Access RequestsMessages (opens in a new tab)Returns customer messages
Access RequestsConversations (opens in a new tab)Returns customer conversations
Access RequestsMember (opens in a new tab)Returns information about a member
Update or Erasure RequestsMember (opens in a new tab)Used to mask information about a member