Privacy Policy

ELITESRANKS ("we", "us") is an SEO platform at elitesranks.com. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and the choices you have.

1. Data we collect

• Account data: your email address, an optional name, and your password (stored only as a salted scrypt hash, never in plain text).
• Workspace data: the websites you add, the keywords you track, and a log of the searches you run (used for your history and plan limits).
• Public website data: when you audit a site, we fetch its public pages, robots.txt and sitemap.xml, as any search engine would.
• Technical data: a session cookie that keeps you signed in. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

2. Google user data (Google Search Console)

If you choose "Connect Google Search Console", you sign in with Google and grant ELITESRANKS read-only access to your Search Console data (scope webmasters.readonly) and your Google account email address.

• What we access: the list of Search Console properties your Google account can read, and search performance data for them (clicks, impressions, click-through rate, average position, top queries and pages).
• How we use it: only to show that data to you inside your ELITESRANKS workspace (Overview, Rank Tracker, Reports and exports). We cannot change anything in your Search Console.
• What we store: your Google email address and an encrypted (AES-256-GCM) refresh token. Search Console results may be cached for up to 24 hours to stay within Google's limits.
• Sharing: we do not sell, rent or share Google user data with anyone, do not use it for advertising, and do not use it to train AI or machine-learning models. Other ELITESRANKS users can never see your Search Console data.
• Your control: click "Disconnect" in Settings at any time — we revoke the access token with Google and delete it. You can also remove access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

ELITESRANKS's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

3. How we use data

To provide the service: run audits and searches, show your data, enforce plan limits, keep your account secure, and answer support requests. We do not sell personal data.

4. Service providers

We host on Vercel and store data in a managed PostgreSQL database. Data providers (Google Search Console, Google PageSpeed Insights, Tranco, Bing Webmaster Tools, DataForSEO) receive only the domain names and queries needed to answer your request.

5. Retention and deletion

We keep your data while your account exists. Deleting your account removes your sites, history, tracked keywords and any Google connection. To request deletion or a copy of your data, email support@elitesranks.com.

6. Security

Passwords are hashed, Google tokens are encrypted at rest, sessions use httpOnly cookies, and all traffic uses HTTPS.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, and to object to processing. Contact us to exercise these rights.

8. Changes

We will update this page and the date above if this policy changes.