Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 17, 2026
GradeMySite LLC (“Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes how we collect, process, retain, and disclose personal data about you when providing services to you through our websites, applications, products, and services that link to this policy (our “Services”) and our practices for using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies only to information we collect:
- Through the Services.
- In communications, including email, text, chat, and other electronic messages, between you and the Services.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party that does not link to this policy; or
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Services.
We may provide additional or different privacy policies that are specific to certain features, services, or activities.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. By interacting with our Services or providing us with your information, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Services after we make changes as described here is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children’s and Minors’ Data
Our Services are not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect any personal data from, children under the age of 18. If we learn we have collected or received personal data from a child under 18 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
The Personal Data That We Collect or Process
“Personal data” is information that identifies, relates to, or describes, directly or indirectly, you as an individual.
The types and categories of personal data we collect or process include:
- Account and contact information. Your name, email address, and other details you provide when creating an account or contacting us.
- Payment information. Billing details and payment method information processed by our payment provider.
- Account history. Records of your audits, reports, and subscription activity.
- Location information. General location derived from your IP address or location you provide for competitor discovery.
- Device information. Browser type, operating system, and device identifiers collected automatically.
- Content and information you elect to provide. URLs you submit for auditing, competitor URLs, industry information, and any other content you voluntarily provide.
We also collect:
- Statistics or aggregated information. Audit scores, usage patterns, and other aggregate data that does not directly identify you.
- Technical information. Clickstream data, page response times, download errors, length of visits, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
How We Collect Your Personal and Other Data
- You Provide Information to Us. When you create an account, place orders, subscribe to our Services, fill out forms, or otherwise interact with us directly.
- Automatically Through Our Services. As you navigate through and interact with our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies including cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns.
- From Business Partners and Service Providers. We may receive personal data about you from third parties, including business partners, marketing partners, and service providers.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data:
- To provide our Services and their content to you, including generating audit reports, monitoring websites, and delivering competitor analysis.
- To fulfill subscriptions, process payments, and manage your account.
- To improve our Services, including using machine learning and AI technologies to enhance the quality and relevance of audit findings.
- To promote our Services, including sending you information about features, updates, and offerings that may be of interest to you.
- To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including our Terms of Use and for billing and collection.
- To contact you about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
Who We Disclose Your Information To
We may disclose personal data that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply our Terms of Use, Service and License Terms, and other agreements.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of GradeMySite LLC, our users, or others.
Service Providers
The following table describes the third-party service providers we use and the data shared with each:
| Provider | Purpose | Data Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Web hosting and serverless functions | Request logs, IP addresses |
| Neon | PostgreSQL database hosting | Audit results, account data, monitoring data |
| Amazon Web Services | Lambda functions, DynamoDB, S3 | Monitoring data, report data, outreach data |
| Anthropic | AI-powered report generation | Website HTML content, check results (not personal data) |
| Stripe | Payment processing | Email, payment method, subscription status |
| Clerk | Authentication and sessions | Email, authentication credentials |
| Postmark | Email delivery | Email addresses, email content |
| Places API for business discovery | Search queries (industry + location) |
Provider usage may evolve; we update this policy when there are meaningful changes.
Your Rights and Choices About Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal data you provide to us.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of the Services may be inaccessible or not function properly.
State Privacy Rights
Depending on where you reside, you may have additional rights under state privacy laws. These may include the right to:
- Access. Request access to the personal data we have collected about you.
- Correction. Request correction of inaccurate personal data we maintain about you.
- Deletion. Request deletion of personal data we have collected from you.
- Opt Out. Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data, or opt out of targeted advertising.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at steve@grademysite.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Global Privacy Control (GPC)
We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. If your browser sends a GPC signal, we will treat it as a valid opt-out request under applicable state privacy laws.
Nevada Residents
If you are a Nevada resident, you have the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal data to third parties. To exercise this right, please contact us at steve@grademysite.com.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
We have implemented commercially reasonable measures designed to secure your personal data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls. Payment transactions are encrypted using SSL/TLS technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted to our Services. Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Services.
How We Retain Your Personal Data
We retain personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
When we no longer need to retain your personal data, we will delete, destroy, or de-identify it in accordance with our data retention policies and applicable law.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal data, we will notify you through a notice on the Services home page or by other reasonable means. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Services and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at: steve@grademysite.com
Related Legal Documents
- Terms of Use — Governs your use of the GradeMySite website and services.
- Service and License Terms — Additional terms governing specific service features and licensing.
