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    Rank Networks Chrome extension privacy policy

    Last updated: 10 November 2026

    This policy covers the Rank Networks Chrome extension (the "extension"). Rank Networks is a product of Shout Loud Digital LLC ("we", "us"). Your Rank Networks account and the web app are covered by our main Privacy Policy.

    In short: the extension runs in your browser and keeps what it collects in your browser. The only thing it sends to Rank Networks is your licence key and the extension's version number, so we can check the key.

    1. What the extension stores, and where

    Everything the extension collects is stored only in your own browser, in Chrome's storage for extensions (chrome.storage). It is not sent to us. That includes:

    • The businesses you view on Google Maps and their public profile details.
    • Reviews you choose to collect when you open a business's Reviews tab, including reviewer names and review text.
    • Your rank grid scans and the keywords you scan for.
    • Scans you schedule.
    • Your settings, including your Rank Networks key.
    • Your own Google API keys, if you choose to add them (Places and PageSpeed).

    2. Requests the extension makes from your browser

    To run the features you use, the extension makes requests from your browser directly to these services. They go from your browser to the service, not through us, and each service has its own privacy policy.

    • Google Maps and Google Search pages, for the features you run, such as a rank grid or a profile audit.
    • The business websites you ask it to audit, and competitor websites in the competitor check, only after you grant the extension permission in Chrome.
    • Google's PageSpeed and Places APIs, with your own key, when you add one.
    • Map tiles from Google and Esri, to draw maps.

    3. What the extension sends to Rank Networks

    Only your licence key and the extension's version number, to check that the key is valid. Nothing else: no browsing history, no business data, no reviews and no scans.

    On our side we keep a fingerprint (a one-way hash) of your key, linked to your Rank Networks account, and the time the key was last checked. Like any web request, the check carries your IP address, which we use to limit how many checks one address can make.

    4. What we do not do

    • We do not sell your data.
    • We do not use it for advertising.
    • The extension has no analytics and no tracking.
    • We do not transfer your data to anyone, except as needed to run the features described above.

    The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

    5. Deleting your data

    • In the extension, Settings has "Delete all data", which clears everything it stored in your browser.
    • Removing the extension from Chrome deletes its storage.
    • You can turn off your key at any time on the Chrome extension key page in your Rank Networks account.
    • To delete your Rank Networks account, email support@ranknetworks.com.

    6. Google

    Rank Networks is not affiliated with Google. Google Maps is a trademark of Google LLC.

    7. Changes and contact

    If this policy changes, we update it here and change the date at the top.

    Questions about this policy or your data: support@ranknetworks.com.