We process the information you submit to run tools, including URLs, paths, robots rules, structured data, and other text you provide for analysis.
In the Chrome extension, analysis runs only after you open the extension and request a check. The extension reads the active tab to inspect page-level SEO signals such as titles, meta descriptions, canonicals, headings, image alt attributes, and Open Graph markup.
We also process technical request data used for operations and service protection, including IP-derived request context and user-agent strings.
2. Local Browser Storage
PageChecks uses local browser storage to keep parts of the product usable and consistent.
We do not use PageChecks application code to set first-party marketing cookies at this time.
The website uses localStorage to remember theme preference.
The extension uses chrome.storage.local to remember theme preference and keep a small rolling cache of recent quick-check results.
Cached extension snapshots stay on your device and are keyed to sanitized page URLs without query strings or hash fragments.
3. Shared Audit Data
If you choose to share an SEO audit, we store and publish a domain-level shared record that can include the domain, audit ID, audited URL, score, issue counts, crawled page count, summary text, timestamps, and share indexability metadata.
Shared audits are publicly accessible at audit URLs on PageChecks and may be indexed by search engines when marked indexable.
If you need a shared audit removed, use the contact address listed below.
4. How We Use Data
Run and return the analyses you request.
Protect the service through abuse prevention, rate limiting, and operational monitoring.
Operate, improve, and debug performance, reliability, and product quality.
Understand aggregated usage patterns when analytics is enabled.
5. Third-Party Services
We use third-party providers for hosting, analytics, performance monitoring, storage, and other supporting infrastructure.
When a feature requires an external lookup, submitted URLs and related request data may be sent to those providers to complete the analysis you requested.
If you open a PageChecks web tool or audit from the extension, we may send a sanitized version of the current page URL to PageChecks.com to prefill the requested tool. That sanitized URL excludes query strings and hash fragments.
6. Retention
Website localStorage values remain until you clear browser storage or overwrite them.
Extension quick-check snapshots are capped to a limited rolling set of recent analyzed page paths.
Short-lived rate-limit and cache entries expire automatically.
Shared audit records remain until replaced or removed.
7. International Access
PageChecks is available globally, and data may be processed in multiple jurisdictions depending on our hosting and service providers. By using the service, you understand that cross-border processing may occur where permitted by law.
8. Your Choices
You can stop using the service at any time.
You can clear website localStorage values in your browser settings.
You can clear extension storage by removing the extension or resetting extension data in Chrome.
You can request removal of a shared audit through the contact address listed below.
9. Security
We apply technical safeguards intended to reduce unauthorized access and abuse, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be fully secure.
10. Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates are effective when posted on this page with a revised last-updated date.