Welcome to IndexMate, a local-first SEO workspace that helps site owners, indie developers, and operators with SEO analysis, index submission, crawl monitoring, and competitor insights. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when you use our website, desktop application, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
By using the Service, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
This policy applies to:
It does not apply to third-party websites, search engines, or services that you connect to through IndexMate (such as Google, Bing, or Baidu).
When you create an account or sign in, we may collect:
Purpose: To create and manage your account, authenticate access, provide support, and process payments where applicable.
To deliver SEO workflows, you may provide:
Purpose: To run SEO audits, submit URLs for indexing, track crawl status, and provide the features you request.
IndexMate is designed to process much of your site and SEO data on your device. Depending on your usage, audit results, submission logs, and site configurations may be stored locally rather than on our servers.
Purpose: To support local-first operation, reduce unnecessary data transfer, and give you greater control over sensitive site information.
We may collect information about how you use the Service, such as:
Purpose: To maintain, secure, and improve the Service and troubleshoot issues.
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
Purpose: To operate the website and improve your experience. You can manage cookies through your browser settings.
If you purchase a paid plan, payment processing may be handled by third-party payment providers. We do not store full payment card details on our servers.
Purpose: To process transactions and manage billing.
We use collected information to:
We do not sell your personal information.
When you use index submission or related features, IndexMate may send URLs and related metadata to third-party search engine services at your direction, including but not limited to:
Those services are governed by their own privacy policies and terms. We encourage you to review them before connecting your accounts.
We may also use infrastructure and analytics providers to host the website, process payments, or measure usage. These providers are permitted to process data only as needed to perform services on our behalf.
We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, including access controls and encryption where appropriate, to protect your information.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and any API keys you configure in the application.
We retain information only for as long as necessary to:
Locally stored data on your device remains under your control unless you choose to sync or back it up through features we provide.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
To make a request, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
The Service is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
If you access the Service from outside the country where our servers are located, your information may be transferred to and processed in other jurisdictions with different data protection laws.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised policy on this page and update the date at the top. Material changes may also be communicated through the Service or by email where appropriate.
Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective means you accept the updated policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Product: IndexMate
Email: xiaoyaosha@gmail.com
