Privacy Policy

Introduction

KeywordNumbers (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website keywordnumbers.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our free SEO and keyword research tools. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data transparently.

By using KeywordNumbers, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Voluntarily

KeywordNumbers does not require user registration or account creation to use our tools. However, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Submit feedback through our Suggestions form (name, email address, and comments)
• Subscribe to our Insider Access programme via PayPal (email address and PayPal payer name)
• Make a voluntary donation through PayPal
• Contact us directly via email

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by our servers and third-party services:

• Log data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and timestamps
• Analytics data: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our site. This includes page views, session duration, bounce rate, and geographic region. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data anonymously.
• Search queries: Keywords entered into our tools are processed to retrieve trend data from Google Trends. We do not permanently store your search queries or link them to your identity.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide our services: Processing keyword searches and delivering search volume estimates, trend data, and SEO metrics
• To improve our website: Analysing usage patterns via Google Analytics to enhance user experience and tool functionality
• To respond to enquiries: Using your contact information to reply to feedback submitted through our Suggestions form
• To manage subscriptions: Processing Insider Access subscriptions and generating access codes
• To display advertisements: Serving relevant ads through Google AdSense to fund the free operation of our tools

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. KeywordNumbers and our third-party partners use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: Required for the website to function correctly, such as remembering your theme preference (light or dark mode)
• Analytics cookies: Google Analytics places cookies to help us understand site usage. These cookies collect information anonymously and report website trends without identifying individual visitors
• Advertising cookies: Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your browsing patterns

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features on our website.

For more information about how Google uses data when you visit our site, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense is a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC. AdSense may use cookies and web beacons to collect data about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may interest you.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect or process data:

• Google Trends API: Keyword search queries are sent to Google Trends to retrieve interest-over-time data. No personal information is shared with this service.
• Google Analytics: Used for website analytics and understanding user behaviour patterns
• Google AdSense: Used for displaying relevant advertisements on our site
• PayPal: Used for processing voluntary donations and subscription payments. PayPal's privacy policy governs how they handle your payment information. We never receive or store your payment card details.
• Google PageSpeed Insights API: Used in our Page Speed Analyser tool. Only the URL you submit is shared with this service.

Data Retention

We retain voluntarily submitted data (such as feedback from the Suggestions form) for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and improve our services. Subscription data is retained for the duration of your subscription and for a reasonable period thereafter for accounting and legal purposes.

Automatically collected data such as analytics and log data is retained in accordance with the default retention periods set by Google Analytics (26 months) and our hosting provider.

Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website uses HTTPS encryption to secure data in transit. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you
• The right to request correction or deletion of your personal data
• The right to restrict or object to the processing of your data
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent
• The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided in the Contact section below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Children's Privacy

KeywordNumbers does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of consent in your jurisdiction). If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to remove that information.

Chrome Extension

The KeywordNumbers Chrome Extension operates entirely within your browser. It does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data to our servers. All keyword lookups performed through the extension use publicly available Google Trends data and are processed locally within your browser.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically for any changes. Your continued use of KeywordNumbers after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out to us:

• Email: [email protected]
• Feedback form: keywordnumbers.com/suggestions