This Privacy Policy explains how Crumbless (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal information when you visit or use our application and services. We also outline how we comply with Google’s policies and regulations, particularly Google API Services User Data Policy. By accessing or using Crumbless, you agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1. Introduction & Domain Ownership

Crumbless is an application dedicated to generating keyword suggestions for users, including those who manage Google Ads campaigns or other Google Cloud Platform projects. Our official homepage and this Privacy Policy are both hosted on a domain owned by our organization: crumbless.app. This ensures that users can easily verify that this Privacy Policy is specifically associated with Crumbless.

2. Information We Collect

• User-Provided Information: If you sign into Crumbless using your Google account—or otherwise provide information such as your email address—we collect only the data necessary to enable secure authentication, provide our services, and communicate with you.
• Data From Google APIs: With your explicit consent and depending on the permissions you grant, we may access certain data from your Google account (e.g., campaign details) to generate relevant keyword suggestions. We request only the minimal scope necessary to provide this functionality.
• Automatically Collected Information: We may collect technical information such as browser type, operating system, and the date/time of your visits to optimize and improve our services. This data is not linked to individual user identities.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To Provide Our Services: We use the information collected to generate keyword suggestions and to improve your interaction with Crumbless’s features.
• Service Improvement: We analyze usage patterns, troubleshoot technical issues, and continually refine Crumbless to maintain and enhance functionality.
• Compliance with the Law & Google Policies: We strictly adhere to Google’s User Data Policy and applicable laws. Any data we collect is used only as outlined in this Privacy Policy and with your consent.
• Prohibited Uses: We do NOT use Google user data for targeted advertising, selling to data brokers, determining credit-worthiness, personalized or retargeted advertisements, creating marketing databases, or training AI models beyond our core keyword-generation functionality.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

• No Selling of Personal Data: We do not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for commercial gain.
• Service Providers and Functionality: We may share anonymized or aggregated information with select third-party service providers that help us operate and improve Crumbless. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and to use it only to perform services on our behalf.
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or subpoena, or when we believe it is necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.
• No Unauthorized Transfer: We do not transfer your Google user data to any external parties except as needed to provide or improve Crumbless’s functionality or as required by law.

5. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your personal information for only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and as permitted by law. Once we no longer need the data for these purposes, or if we receive a valid deletion request:

• Anonymization or Deletion: We will anonymize your personal information so that it no longer identifies you, or we will securely delete it.
• User Data Deletion Requests: To request deletion of your data, please contact us at office@crumbless.ai. We will respond to such requests promptly and in accordance with applicable laws.

6. Compliance With Google API Terms & Policies

• Least Privileged Access: We request only the minimum data necessary for providing keyword-generation services, in keeping with Google’s principle of minimal scope usage.
• Proper Usage of Data: Collected Google user data is used solely to deliver or improve user-facing features in Crumbless. We do not use Google user data for targeted ads, data brokering, or any other unauthorized purposes.
• Consent and Updates: If our data collection practices or usage scope change, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly and seek your consent where required by law or Google policy.

7. Children’s Privacy

Crumbless is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as possible.

8. Data Security

We employ industry-standard security measures to safeguard your data, including encryption of information in transit and at rest, where applicable. While no security system is entirely foolproof, we regularly review and enhance our safeguards to protect your data to the fullest extent possible.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. If material changes are made that require your consent, we will notify you directly, such as via email or a prominent notice in our application, in accordance with legal requirements.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or Crumbless in general, please get in touch:

• Email: office@crumbless.ai

By using Crumbless, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Thank you for trusting us with your information.