Before we start speaking legalese below, let's talk to you one on one. Our privacy policy basically states that we do not sell your information, whether it is your business information or your updates. We share it only with service providers that help us operate and improve this service, and only as described in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to connect your Google Analytics or Google Search Console account, please also read the "Google User Data" section below, which explains what we access, how we use it, who we share it with, how we protect it, and how you can disconnect at any time.

Websites.co.in takes your privacy very seriously, however, we also wish to explain that creating a website to be found, means you want to expose data to the world. Whereas this may include your customers, it also includes many other publics - who might not be excluded from viewing what you are talking about, just because you wish it so.

We list below what information we get from you and how we use it or may use it in the future. So with a pinch of realism and a whole lot of tech-safety measures, let's jump straight into the Tech-Legalities 101.

1. INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM YOU Registration information:

When you sign up and register with Websites.co.in, you are required to provide information such as your name, business name, business address, and mobile number. Business information you update: You can choose to update your business contact numbers, email addresses. You can also provide your business category and your brand identity including your business or brand logo. Moreover you can also upload images related to your business to the "Image Gallery". Public business updates: The regular messages you upload and share with the public to your "website" via websites.co.in/dashboard (Manage-portal) using your credentials or through the Websites.co.in app, the image messages you post through Manage-portal or the Websites.co.in App

Other Information: We receive data about you whenever you use or are running Websites.co.in App or the Manage-portal, such as when you send or receive a message, seek analytics, update store information, click on, view or otherwise interact with things, or make purchases through Websites.co.in Store. When you post things like photos or videos on Websites.co.in, we may receive additional related data (or metadata), such as the time, date, and place you took the photo or video. We receive data from or about the computer, mobile phone, or other devices you use to install Websites.co.in app or to access Manage-portal, including when multiple users log in from the same device. This may include network and communication information, such as your IP address or mobile phone number, and other information about things like your internet service, operating system, location, the type (including identifiers) of the device or browser you use, or the pages you visit. For example, we may get your GPS or other location information so we can inform your customers or your potential customers that your business is nearby, or we could request device information to improve how our apps work on your device. We receive data whenever you visit an application, or website that uses the Websites.co.in platform or visit a site with a Websites.co.in feature (such as a 'discovery plugin'), sometimes through cookies. This may include the date and time you visit the site; the web address, or URL, you're on; technical information about the IP address, browser and the operating system you use; and, if you are logged in to Websites.co.in, your User ID.

2. PUBLIC INFORMATION

When we use the phrase "public information", we mean the information you choose to make public, as well as information that is always publicly available. By choosing to make it public, we mean, choosing to display certain information on your website.

Information you choose to make public

Choosing to make your information public is exactly what it sounds like: anyone landing on your website by Websites.co.in, either by typing the URL or coming through a search engine result click, will be able to see it.

Choosing to make your information public also means that this information: Can be associated with you (i.e., your displayed business name, business address, logo image, featured image, image gallery, message board, URL, page statistics, social sharing links, etc.)

Can show up when someone does a search on Websites.co.in or on a public search engine; Will be accessible to the Websites.co.in -linked business directory, applications, and websites; and Will be accessible to anyone who uses our APIs and internal search. When others share information about you, for instance sharing your website, or sharing a message you have posted on your website, using your social media options, they can also choose to make it public.

Information that is always publicly available The types of information listed below are always publicly available, and they are treated just like information you decided to make public: Displayed Business Name: This helps people search for your business. Business Description: Unless you specifically delete the business description, this will be publicly displayed. Business Contact Details: Your business contacts, which may include accurate business address, email address, mobile or telephone numbers and/or other website addresses. All Business updates: Any business updates (text, image or video) that you make and that appear on your website, are all in the public domain and searchable. Business Logo & Hyperlink: The logo file uploaded is always displayed for people to easily recognize your brand. The hyperlink to any other website you might own will always be displayed. Keywords: Auto generated Keywords will always be visible on your website.

3. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE

We use the information we receive about you in connection with the services and features we provide to you and other users like your subscribed customers or potential customers who might want to subscribe to your website and its contents, our partners, the advertisers that purchase ads on the site, and the developers that build the applications, and websites you use. For example, in addition to helping people see and find things that you do and share, we may use the information we receive about you: As part of our efforts to keep Websites.co.in products, services and integrations safe and secure; To protect Websites.co.in' or others' rights or property; To make suggestions to you and other users on Websites.co.in, such as: suggesting what kind of messages to update or when to update them; and For internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement. Granting us permission to use your information not only allows us to provide Websites.co.in as it exists today, but it also allows us to provide you with innovative features and services we develop in the future that use the information we receive about you in new ways. While you are allowing us to use the information we receive about you, you always own all of your information. Your trust is important to us, which is why we don't share information we receive about you with others unless we have: Received your permission; Given you notice, such as by telling you about it in this policy; or Removed your name and any other personally identifying information from it. Of course, for information others share about you, they control how it is shared. We store data for as long as it is necessary to provide products and services to you and others, including those described above. Typically, information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted. For certain categories of data, we may also tell you about specific data retention practices. We may enable access to public information that has been shared through our services. We may allow service providers to access information so they can help us provide services.

4. GOOGLE USER DATA

Websites.co.in offers optional integrations with Google Analytics and Google Search Console. If you choose to connect your Google account, this section describes what we access, how we use it, who we share it with, how we protect it, how long we retain it, and how you can disconnect or request deletion. If you never connect a Google account, none of this applies to you.

What we access, and why
We access Google user data only after you explicitly authorize the requested permissions through Google's OAuth consent screen. We request only the permissions necessary to provide the features you choose to enable.
• See Google Analytics data (analytics.readonly) — to display visitor, traffic and engagement reports inside your dashboard.
• Manage Google Analytics properties (analytics.edit) — to create, configure or link a Google Analytics property and install the measurement tag on your website for you, so you do not have to perform these steps manually.
• See and manage Search Console data (webmasters) — to display search clicks, impressions, rankings, indexing status and related reports, submit your sitemap, and, where a Search Console property does not already exist for your domain, create a URL-prefix property on your behalf so data collection can begin.
• Verify site ownership (siteverification) — to verify ownership of your custom domain with Google, where required, so that Search Console features can be enabled.
We use Google user data solely to provide the features you choose to enable within Websites.co.in and for no other purpose.

Who we share it with
We do not sell Google user data. We do not use it for advertising, to build advertising profiles, to serve personalized advertisements, or to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models. To generate the plain-language summaries and website improvement suggestions shown in your dashboard, we send only derived analytical information, such as your overall health score, category scores and the titles of detected issues, to our AI provider, OpenAI. If you configure your own Google Gemini API key in your account settings, the same derived information is sent to Google Gemini using your own API key instead of OpenAI. We do not transmit your Google account credentials, OAuth access tokens, refresh tokens, raw Google Analytics data, raw Google Search Console data, or complete Google API responses to any AI provider or any other third party. Apart from the above, Google user data is disclosed only:
• to service providers that host, secure and operate our application on our behalf under appropriate contractual obligations; or
• where required by applicable law, regulation or a valid legal process.

How we protect it
All communication between your browser, Websites.co.in and Google is encrypted in transit using HTTPS/TLS. OAuth access and refresh tokens are stored securely on our servers and are accessible only to the application components that require them to provide the requested functionality. Google user data is accessed only as needed to provide the features you have enabled and only for the website associated with your authenticated account. One customer can never access another customer's Google data. Our employees do not routinely access Google user data. Access is permitted only where reasonably necessary to provide customer support, investigate technical issues, comply with legal obligations, or with your explicit permission. Reports retrieved from Google are stored in a short-lived cache for a maximum of 24 hours, after which they are automatically discarded and retrieved again only when needed.

How long we keep it, and how to remove it
We retain Google user data only while your Google account remains connected to Websites.co.in. You can disconnect your Google account at any time from Analytics → Settings within your dashboard. When you disconnect:
• the stored OAuth access and refresh tokens are permanently deleted from our systems;
• any cached Google Analytics and Search Console reports are removed;
• the stored Analytics and Search Console property identifiers are deleted; and
• no further requests can be made to your Google account unless you reconnect it.
Where supported by the integration, we also revoke the connection with Google. If Websites.co.in installed a Google Analytics measurement tag on your website, it will also be removed when you disconnect the integration. You may also revoke Websites.co.in's access at any time from your Google Account's connected apps and services settings. You may request deletion of any remaining Google user data by contacting us at support@websites.co.in.

Limited Use
Websites.co.in's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

5. DELETING AND DEACTIVATING YOUR ACCOUNT

If you want to stop using your service with Websites.co.in, you can get in touch with us to either deactivate or delete it. Deactivate Deactivating your account puts your account on hold. People searching for it online will no longer find it, but we do not delete any of your information. Deactivating an account is the same as you telling us not to delete any information because you might want to reactivate your account at some point in the future. Deletion When you delete your account, it is permanently deleted from Websites.co.in. It typically takes about one month to delete an account, but some information may remain in backup copies and logs for up to 180 days. You should only delete your account if you are sure you never want to reactivate it. Certain information is needed to provide you with services, so we only delete this information after you delete your account. In case you have any issues with the product, the same should be reported during the demo period during business hours. No refund requests will be entertained after moving to a paid subscription and invoice being sent. Customer support will be available for the duration of the subscription of the paid product. Any product of Websites.co.in does not guarantee: A specific amount of business. A specific position on any search engines in a specific amount of time. Websites.co.in is a marketing tool that helps your business get discovered online on search engines and get more business. It does not guarantee a specific search engine position or amount of business.