Privacy Policy

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1. Introduction

Welcome to Web Page Indexing ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website (WebPageIndexing.net, the "Site") and any related services, sales, marketing, or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the "Services").

This policy describes what information we collect from you, how we use it, with whom we share it, and what rights you have in relation to it. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Site or use our Services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Site or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Site, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • URLs Submitted: We collect the list of URLs (web page addresses) that you submit for processing through our Services.
  • Contact Information: We may collect your email address if you contact us for support or sign up for an account (if applicable).
  • Payment Information: If you make purchases, we may collect data necessary to process your payment, such as your payment instrument number (e.g., a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by our payment processor PayPal and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions.
  • Account Information: If account creation is offered, we may collect username, password, and other details necessary for account setup and access.

Information automatically collected:

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our Site for a variety of business purposes described below:

  • To provide and manage our Services: We use the URLs you submit solely for the purpose of providing the core web page indexing signaling service.
  • To manage user accounts: We may use your information for the purposes of managing your account (if applicable) and keeping it in working order.
  • To process payments: We use payment information to complete transactions for purchased Services.
  • To respond to user inquiries/offer support: We may use your information (like email address) to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
  • To send administrative information: We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
  • To protect our Services: We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
  • For data analysis: We may use usage and device information for data analysis purposes to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Site, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information.
  • To comply with legal obligations: We may process your information where it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as responding to a subpoena or other legal request.

4. How We Share Your Information

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract (e.g., processing submitted URLs to provide the indexing service).
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
  • Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

  • Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing PayPal, data analysis (e.g., Google Analytics), email delivery, hosting services, customer service. We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.
  • Search Engines: The core function of our service involves signaling search engines (like Google) about the URLs you submit. This signaling process inherently involves sharing the submitted URLs with these third-party search engines.
  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share the URLs you submit with any third parties other than the search engines we signal as part of the core Service functionality, unless required by law.

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Site is at your own risk. You should only access the site within a secure environment.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).

For example, URLs submitted for processing are typically retained only for the duration necessary to provide the service and for internal logging/troubleshooting 90 days, after which they may be deleted or anonymized. Account information (if applicable) is kept as long as the account is active. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and subject to applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights. Please note that verification of identity will be required before processing requests.

General Rights (May apply based on your jurisdiction):

  • Right of Access: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and receive a copy of it.
  • Right to Rectification: You may have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information or completion of incomplete information we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure (Deletion): You may have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain conditions (e.g., if it's no longer necessary for the purposes collected, or if you withdraw consent).
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You may have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances (e.g., while verifying accuracy, or if processing is unlawful).
  • Right to Object to Processing: You may have the right to object to the processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to Data Portability: Where applicable, you may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit it to another controller.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

Specific Information for users in the European Economic Area (EEA), UK, and Switzerland:

If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you possess the rights listed above under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the UK/Swiss equivalents. We act as the 'data controller' for your personal information collected through our Services. If you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details via the European Data Protection Board website: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en (or the relevant UK/Swiss authority website).

Specific Information for users in California (CCPA/CPRA):

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grants you specific rights regarding your personal information. These rights include:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, and the categories of personal information that we sold or shared (if any).
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., completing a transaction, detecting security incidents, complying with legal obligations).
  • Right to Correct: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: You have the right to direct us not to "sell" or "share" your personal information. "Sharing" under the CPRA typically refers to sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising. [**Choose ONE of the following statements after legal review:**]
    • *Option A (If you DO NOT Sell/Share):* Web Page Indexing does not "sell" your personal information as traditionally defined. We also do not "share" your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes. Therefore, there is no need to opt-out.
    • *Option B (If you potentially DO Sell/Share, or want the mechanism anyway):* You can exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by clicking here: [**Create a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link/page if applicable**] or by contacting us via the methods below.
  • Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI): You have the right to limit our use and disclosure of SPI (if we collect it) to that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected. [**Add details if you collect SPI like precise geolocation, account credentials, etc., and how users can limit its use, after legal review.** *Example if you don't collect much SPI:* We do not typically collect information defined as Sensitive Personal Information under the CPRA beyond potentially account login credentials, which are used solely for account access and security.]
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

California residents may designate an authorized agent to make requests on their behalf. We will require verification that you provided the authorized agent permission to make a request on your behalf.

To request information under the "Right to Know," California residents may contact us using the details below. Please describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

How to Exercise Your Rights:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in the "Contact Us" section below (Section 12). Please clearly state the right(s) you wish to exercise and provide sufficient information to allow us to verify your identity (we may request additional information for verification purposes). We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We will respond to your request within the time frame required by applicable law (typically within 30-45 days, potentially extendable).

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

Our Site uses essential cookies for basic functionality. We may also use analytics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand how users interact with our Site. You can usually set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13 , please contact us.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us:

  • By email: support@webpageindexing.net
  • Via the contact form on our website: Contact Us