Last updated: October 30th, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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Interpretation and Definitions

 

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

 

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to
    André Erbis, Space Codes
    c/o IP-Management #14354
    Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18
    20459 Hamburg
    Germany
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Berlin, Germany
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to AI for SEO, accessible from https://aiforseo.ai
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
 

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

 

Types of Data Collected

 
Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage Data
 
Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

 
Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies
    Type: Session Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Common internet browsers offer the option of not accepting cookies in their settings option, for example:
MS Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Google Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=de_DE
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html
Please note: It cannot be guaranteed that you will be able to access to all of this website’s functions without restrictions if you disable cookies.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal 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.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
 

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

 

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

 
Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

 
Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

 
Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability
 

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

 

Links to Other Websites

Our Service 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.

 

Google Analytics

Our website uses the web analytics service “Google Analytics” provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. In doing so, pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We use Google Analytics to display the ads placed within advertising services of Google and its partners only to those users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Google (so-called “Remarketing Audiences” or “Google Analytics Audiences”). With the help of Remarketing Audiences, we also want to ensure that our advertisements correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not have a harassing effect.

We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymisation activated. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser will not be merged with other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

You can find out more information about Google’s use of data, setting and objection options on the Google websites: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners (“Data use by Google when you use our partners’ websites or apps”), https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads (“Data use for advertising purposes”), https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated (“Manage information that Google uses to display advertising to you”). Otherwise, the personal data will be anonymised or deleted after a period of 14 months.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: info@aiforseo.ai

Privacy Policy for AI for SEO Plugin Usage

This section outlines the additional privacy terms specifically applicable to the use of the AI for SEO plugin. It describes the types of data collected, how it is used, the role of third-party integrations, and the retention periods associated with it. By using the AI for SEO plugin, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, which govern the collection, use, and processing of your data.

 

Types of Data Collected

While using the AI for SEO plugin, the following data may be collected and processed:

  • Website Domain: The domain name of the website where the plugin is installed.
  • IP Addresses: The IP addresses of the customer’s web server and, if applicable, the user’s IP address.
  • Account Information: General account details, such as account ID, registration date, and the last API call.
  • Stripe Information: Customer ID and subscription data from Stripe (if applicable).
  • Plugin Version: The version of the AI for SEO plugin currently installed.
  • Content Data: Excerpts from the content (text), image data (URL or base64-encoded), slug URLs, permalinks, or titles of the content for which metadata, media attributes, keywords, keyphrases and content-improvements are generated.
  • Compliance Data: Website URL, version of terms accepted, timestamp of acceptance, and other relevant data needed to comply with legal obligations.
  • Installation Source: We collect information about the source through which the user discovered and installed our plugin (e.g., Plugin Website, WordPress Plugin Directory, Affiliate, Search Engine, Social Media, etc.), retaining this data for 30 days.
 

Use of Data and Third-Party integrations

The AI for SEO plugin uses a third-party-API to generate metadata, media attributes, keywords, keyphrases and content-improvements for various content types (e.g., posts, pages, products, images). This integration involves sending data to the third-party-API, which processes the data and returns AI-generated outputs. The data sent to the third-party-API includes:

  • Excerpts of Content: Text excerpts for which metadata, media attributes, keywords, keyphrases and content-improvements are being generated.
  • Image Data: Information related to images, such as image URLs or base64-encoded images.
  • Slug URLs, Permalinks, or Titles: Data related to the content’s identification for which the metadata, media attributes, keywords, keyphrases and content-improvements is generated.
  • Generation Settings: The type of generation requested, such as whether the focus is on metadata, alt tags, descriptions, etc.

Purpose of Use: The data is shared with third-parties solely for the purpose of generating SEO-relevant metadata and media attributes. The third-party-API processes the data on behalf of our plugin and does not retain it beyond the scope of this generation.

 

Data Retention Periods

The retention periods for collected data are as follows:

  • 3-Month Retention: The data listed below is stored for 3 months after the plugin has not been used:
    • Website domain
    • IP addresses of the customer’s web server and user (if applicable)
    • Account information (e.g., account ID, registration date, API call history)
    • Stripe customer ID and subscription data (if applicable)
    • Plugin version number
  • 7-Day Retention: The following data, used for generating AI-driven SEO data through the third-party-API, is stored for 7 days:
    • Excerpts from the content (text) submitted for generation
    • Image information (URL or base64-encoded) submitted for generation
    • Slug URLs, permalinks, or titles of the content
    • Generation settings used
 

Data Ownership

All data generated by the AI for SEO plugin remains the intellectual property of the user, provided it adheres to our terms. The company claims no ownership over user-generated content.

 

Extended Data Collection with User Consent

With explicit user consent, the following additional data will be collected and stored for up to 3 months:

  • The data mentioned above (stored for 3 months instead of 7 days).
  • The number and type of content entries in the user’s WordPress portal.
  • Information on installed/active/deactivated plugins and their configurations within the user’s WordPress portal.
  • Templates used within the WordPress environment.
  • Error messages and reports displayed within the plugin or by the plugin.
  • User behavior data, including plugin settings and the number of generated or non-generated content items.
  • System and web server data, including the PHP version, php.ini configurations, MySQL version, and other system components that are relevant for the proper execution of the plugin.
 

Third-Party Data Sharing

The data collected by the AI for SEO plugin may be shared with third-party services solely to facilitate the AI generation process. Currently, the only third-party service involved is OpenAI (via the OpenAI-API). The data shared is used exclusively to generate SEO metadata, media attributes, keywords, keyphrases and content-improvements and is not retained by OpenAI beyond this purpose. No personal data is shared without user consent.

By using the AI for SEO plugin, users agree to comply with OpenAI's Terms of Use while utilizing OpenAI-API services for data generation. For more information, please see OpenAI’s Terms of Use.

 

Third-Party Privacy-Policy links

If you would like to find out more details about the privacy-policies of our third-party-integration you can use the following links to gather further information:
OpenAI (OpenAI Ireland Ltd)
Stripe (Stripe Payments Europe, Limited (SPEL))
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)

 

Data Deletion and User Rights

Users have the right to delete or request deletion of any personal data collected by the AI for SEO plugin. Data can be deleted by contacting support. Upon request, we will erase personal data unless we are legally required to retain it for a longer period.

 

Limitation of Liability

The company shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of the AI for SEO plugin or the accuracy of AI-generated content. Users are solely responsible for the application of generated data on their websites, and the company cannot be held liable for misuse or improper application of this data.

 

Security Measures

We take the security of your personal data seriously. While we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, no transmission method over the internet is entirely secure. We strive to ensure data integrity and protect against unauthorized access.

 

Changes to This Section

We may update this privacy policy for AI for SEO plugin usage from time to time. Any changes will be communicated through an update to this section, with the latest revision date displayed at the top.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the privacy terms for AI for SEO plugin usage, please contact us at info@aiforseo.ai.