S.O.N.A.R. Privacy Policy
MindSEO.com through it's tool MindSEO S.O.N.A.R - https://dashboard.mindseo.com - is firmly committed to the privacy of its customers. MindSEO.com shall take all reasonable measures to have your personal information protected to ensure you feel safe and secure. This Privacy Policy covers how MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. uses personal information that users provide to MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. when they use our cloud-based SEO platform. By using any of the services you accept the terms of our Privacy Policy.
1. How We Collect and Use Your Information
To start using the MindSEO S.O.N.A.R.'s Service you may be required to register and provide some personal information.
The information that MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. collects about you can be classified as Personal Information and Anonymous Information. Personal Information refers to information that identifies you as a person, for example, your name, postal address, phone number and email address. Anonymous Information refers to information that does not identify a specific individual.
2. Personal Information
Registration on MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. can be done by supplying a unique email address and password, or by linking your Facebook or Google accounts. We collect your email address and your name. We may use your Personal Information to respond to an email or other inquiry or request, to help improve the Service, to customize your experience or to send updates or notices about the Service.
If you choose to link your Facebook or Google account to MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. , you will be prompted to allow us to get access to your email and name from your Facebook or Google account, and you are authorizing us to collect, store, and use what they send us in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You can delete your MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. account and thus connection to your social media account or service account at any time by contacting our support.
3. Anonymous Information
Every time you visit https://dashboard.mindseo.com, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. collects certain technical information from your Web browser. It includes the pages that were visited and returned to, the time spent on the Websites by a visitor, the operating system, the Web browser version, the referring site and any keywords used to find https://dashboard.mindseo.com on search engines. This information does not contain any reference to the personal information. This information can only be accessed by MindSEO.com and can be used with the sole purpose of tracking visits to the Websites and improve the experience, content and layout of the Websites. Using the anonymous information, MindSEO.com can also identify defects in the Service and thus continually improve the quality of the Service.
4. Cookies
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. may automatically collect some information through the use of cookies. A cookie is a small data file that is stored on a user's computer to enable the Service to recognize a user that previously used the Service. Cookies are also the cornerstone for any Web analytics solution that tracks interaction between a browser and a website. MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. uses information collected from cookies to track the pages of the Websites that our users view, the browsers they use and other information about user activity when visiting the Websites.
Any visitor can browse https://dashboard.mindseo.com with cookies turned off, but if you are subscribed to the Service and you wish to log in to your Service account, your Web browser must accept cookies. A cookie/session variable is assigned to you when you log in, and is placed on your computer for programming purposes only. It ensures that you have properly logged in and that your personal information is only accessible to you. The Web browser's settings can be customized to refuse cookies and to remove them from your computer.
5. Connecting to Google Applications via MindSEO s.o.n.a.r.
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. provides several tools that grant the ability for users to connect to certain Google products:
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Google My Business
Different MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. tools may ask for different permissions, so it is important to review the requested permissions before allowing access.
In order for these MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. applications to work properly, a user must begin the process by clicking the 'Connect' button. The user will be taken to a secure page on Google.com via a pop-up window or tab, where the permissions the tool requires will be displayed. If the user consents to grant MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. permission, Google will issue a token that our tools can use to access the requested information.
After receiving permission, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. can, within the scope of the approved access, request information about, or data from, any profile the user has access to. For these tools, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. uses short-lived access token to request user Google Analytics, Google Search Console or Google My Business data.
The information that we request is used by our tools in calculations and visualizations about your selected data. We store the requested data up to 30 days to build reports and provide additional analytics data in various MindSEO S.O.N.A.R.'s tools. At the end of the specified period we delete the data and make a new request. If a user revokes access to the Google Analytics, Google Search Console or Google My Business data, we delete all previously requested data.
By default, our tools are able to see the email address of the user’s account. Our tools do not ever see or store a user’s password, as that is entered on a secure pop-up window or tab on Google’s website and not visible to us. At any time the user can revoke access to their Google Analytics, Google Search Console or Google My Business data in the MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. settings.
We shall not disclose, sell or rent your Google Analytics, Google Search Console or Google My Business data to any third party. We shall share your Google Analytics, Google Search Console or Google My Business data with the third parties only if you instruct us to and only if such information is required to provide you with specific services.
To monitor which tools, from MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. and others, have been granted access to your information, and to see which permissions have been granted, review your connected applications here: https://myaccount.google.com/permissions.
6. Connecting to Facebook Application via MindSEO s.o.n.a.r.
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. provides the Facebook Insights tool that grants the ability for users to get limited analytics for their page.
In order for this MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. application to work properly, a user must begin the process by clicking the 'Connect to Facebook account' button. The user will be taken to a secure page on Facebook.com via a pop-up window or tab, where the permissions the tool requires will be displayed. If the user consents to grant MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. permission, Facebook will issue a token that our tools can use to access the requested information.
After receiving permission, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. can, within the scope of the approved access, request information about, or data from, any page the user grants access to. For this tool, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. uses a short-lived access token to request the user's page Insights data.
The information that we request is used by our tools in calculations and visualizations about your selected data. We store the requested data for up to 90 days to build reports and provide additional analytics data in various MindSEO S.O.N.A.R.'s tools. At the end of the specified period, we delete the data and make a new request if a user visits the service or the Facebook Insights tool. If a token expires or a user revokes access to their Facebook page, we delete all previously requested data.
By default, our tool is able to see the email address of the user’s account. Our tool does not ever see or store a user’s password, as that is entered on a secure pop-up window or tab on Facebook’s website and not visible to us. At any time the user can revoke access to their Facebook page data in the MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. settings.
We shall not disclose, sell or rent your Facebook data to any third party. We shall share your Facebook data with the third parties only if you instruct us to and only if such information is required to provide you with specific services.
To monitor which apps and websites have been granted access to your information, and to see which permissions have been granted, review your business integrations here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=business_tools&ref=settings.
7. How We Share Your Information
Privacy of our users is very important for MindSEO S.O.N.A.R.. We shall not disclose, sell or rent your Personal Information to any third party for marketing purposes. We shall share your Personal Information with the third parties only if you instruct us to and only if such information is required to provide you with specific services.
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. may disclose Personal Information to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by MindSEO S.O.N.A.R., whether or not a response is required by applicable law.
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. reserves the right to transfer Personal Information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.
8. How We Protect Your Information
MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. shall use all and every commercially reasonable physical, managerial and technical safeguard to preserve the integrity and security of your Personal Information. We cannot 100% guarantee the security of any information you provide in the Service and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive any information from you, MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. shall make all and every commercially reasonable effort to ensure the security of our systems. Please note that this is not a guarantee that unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure and other factors that may at some time compromise the security of user information, will not happen.
9. Email Communications
MindSEO.com is committed to keeping your email address confidential. We shall never sell, rent or lease our user email lists or otherwise disclose the user email addresses to any third party. We shall use our users' email addresses exclusively to communicate MindSEO.com information to them. We respect your attention and time so we shall limit the frequency of our mailings to a reasonable amount.
10. MindSEO.com administrative and service announcements
MindSEO.com shall automatically email administrative messages such as "Thank you" messages or welcome messages introducing users to the MindSEO.com products and services, responses to password recovery, password and email change requests and similar explanatory messages that are necessary for user guidance. Users cannot opt-out from these emails.
MindSEO.com may email you service announcements such as the day and time of expected interruptions of services, change of prices or service specifications. These emails have no opt-out status either.
11. MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. marketing communications
MindSEO.com may email marketing messages such as product updates and special offers. However these messages shall be sent only to MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. users and never to any third parties. Upon receipt of a MindSEO S.O.N.A.R. special offer or product update email message, users can opt out by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of the message.
12. Changes in Our Privacy Policy
Your use of the Services, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy. MindSEO.com reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and such modifications shall be effective upon posting them on the https://dashboard.mindseo.com. You agree to be bound by any changes to this Privacy Policy when you use the Services after any such modification is posted. It is, therefore, important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated of any changes in pricing and service specifications.
13. Contacting MindSEO S.O.N.A.R.
If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy please contact us at helpdesk@mindseo.com.