Last updated: October 31, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how AnswerMentions (“we”, “us”) collects, uses and safeguards information when you use answermentions.com and our AI visibility and SEO audit services (the “Service”). We keep data collection to the minimum needed to run the Service, and we do not sell personal information.

Information we collect

Audit inputs. The brand name or website you submit, and the public web content and AI responses we gather to produce your report. Free audits may include public website URLs, competitor names and generated report content, so don’t submit confidential information in public forms.
Abuse-prevention data. To stop automated abuse of free audits we rate-limit by IP address and store a salted hash of it — never the address itself — with each free audit. When enabled, Cloudflare Turnstile may run a quick check that you’re not a bot.
Account data. If you sign in, your email address, managed by our authentication provider (Clerk). Sign-in uses a one-time email code; we have no password to store.
Payment data. If you buy a report, payment is processed by Stripe. We receive confirmation and limited metadata (amount, status, the email you entered at checkout) — never your full card number.
Messages. Your name, email address and message when you use the contact form.
Analytics. We use Vercel Web Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights, Cloudflare Web Analytics and FlowGlance. If you are in the EU/EEA, the UK or Switzerland, they load only if you accept them in the cookie banner. Everywhere else they run by default, and you can turn them off at any time with Do not track me in the footer: we then store a cookie telling this site not to load them again. To decide which rule applies, we use the approximate country our host, Vercel, derives from your IP address; we don’t store the IP address for this. FlowGlance records how each visit moves through this site: pages viewed, clicks, scrolling, text copied, script errors, what is typed into form fields (never passwords or payment details), and the email address of a signed-in account. We use it only to understand and improve AnswerMentions, never for advertising.
Technical data. Standard request logs kept by our hosting and security providers (Vercel, Cloudflare).

How we use information

To generate, store and display your audit reports, including the PDF you download.
To provide sign-in and match the reports you bought to your account.
To process payments and handle refunds.
To secure the Service, prevent abuse and enforce rate limits.
To answer support requests and improve the Service in aggregate.

Report links

Each report has an unguessable link and isn’t listed or indexed by search engines. Anyone you share the link with can open the report.

Sub-processors

We rely on reputable providers to operate the Service, including:

Vercel (hosting), Neon (database), Cloudflare (CDN, security, bot checks, storage)
Clerk (authentication and sign-in code emails), Stripe (payments)
Vercel Web Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights, Cloudflare Web Analytics and FlowGlance (analytics: opt-in in the EU/EEA, UK and Switzerland; on by default with an opt-out elsewhere)
AI and data providers used to run audits (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, DataForSEO, Google PageSpeed Insights)

Data retention

Audit reports are retained so you can revisit them. You can request deletion or an export of your audits and account data at any time by emailing [email protected]. We delete or anonymize data we no longer need.

Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, and to object to certain processing. To exercise them, contact us at [email protected].

Cookies

We use essential cookies for sign-in, security and checkout. Analytics need your consent in the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland, and run with a one-click opt-out (Do not track me in the footer) elsewhere. See our Cookie Policy for details and to change your choice.

Children

The Service is intended for businesses and is not directed to children under 16.

Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected by the “Last updated” date above.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected].