Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and store your data at SitemapSurfer.

By using our website, you consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms and conditions.

What rights you have over your data

You may request deletion of your personal data by contacting us at e-mail found on the contact page. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

What data we collect

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter, use our tool(s), or fill out any other form placed on our website. Anonymous data is also collected for usage analytics.

URLs and contents when submitted for visualization or auditing

  • Website domains, their contents, meta data.
  • Sitemap URLs, their contents, meta data and response headers.
  • Urls scraped from webpages or sitemaps, their contents, meta data and response headers.

We only use essential cookies to ensure the proper functioning of our website and tools. Cookies might be used to avoid DDOS attacks and other abuse.

You can manage cookie preferences in your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect tool functionality.

Log data

We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website. This log data may include information such as your computer's internet protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

These log files are only accessible to the website operator. They primarily used to identify potential issues, for example, errors occurring on the page, inaccessible pages or dead URLs.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

E-mail subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter or waiting list, we will collect your email address and any other information you provide to us. This information will be used to send you updates, newsletters, and other communications related to our services.

Data used

Your data is used to:

  • Generate and deliver sitemap visualizations, audit reports and other related content you request.
  • Send you updates, newsletters, and other communications if you have subscribed to our newsletter or waiting list.
  • For account management, configuration, and other related purposes, if you have signed up for an account.
  • Improve tool(s) performance (e.g., analyzing usage patterns and finding bugs or misbehaviors).

Data sharing

We do not share your data with third parties, except when used for our tool(s) inner workings or when required by law. Our tool(s) may use third-party services like Web scraping API-s to assist in data processing. Additionally, we may use e-mail sending service providers and newsletter services. Of course when using paid features, we need to share your data (when needed) with payment processors to handle transactions and accounting software.

How long we retain your data

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Data submitted to the free to use tool(s) is stored for up to 7 days (1 week) and then automatically deleted.

If you have signed up for an account or use paid features, we may retain your data for longer to provide you with the service you requested.

Links to other (third-party) websites

Our website or tool(s) may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by SitemapSurfer. We are not responsible for their privacy practices and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies

Changes to policy

We may update this Privacy policy. Changes will be posted here, and continued use of the tool constitutes acceptance.

Contact

For questions about privacy, contact us. Find contact e-mail at https://sitemapsurfer.com/contact.

Version and effective date

This privacy policy is effective as of 2025-07-29 (version 1.0.1).