Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We run four separate things, and they collect different data. This section describes each one on its own rather than lumping them together.

The Pin Stats browser extension

• Pin data stays in your browser. The pins you view, the stats collected for them, your bookmarks, your keyword searches and your saved settings are stored in your own browser (IndexedDB and browser storage) on your computer. We do not receive them, and we cannot read them, except through keyword sharing and keyword data contributions (both described below). Clearing the extension's data or uninstalling it removes them.
• License validation. If you enter a license key, the extension sends that key and your browser's user agent string to our licensing server each time it checks whether your subscription is active. We use this only to confirm the key is valid.
• Crash reports. When something goes wrong, the extension sends an error report to our error monitoring provider (Sentry). A report can include the error and its stack trace, the extension page the error happened on, your browser and operating system version, and your IP address.
• Usage statistics (Keyword Explorer only). The Keyword Explorer page sends anonymous usage counts to Google Analytics: that a search ran and how many results it returned, which sections and tabs were opened, which table and long tail actions were used, and upgrade button clicks, together with your plan (free or paid), the extension version and a random ID created in your browser. Google sees your IP address when the request is made. These counts never include the keywords you search, your Pinterest account or the pins you view. They are on by default; turn off "Share anonymous usage statistics" on the extension's options page to stop them. The pin table, popup and pin overlays send no usage statistics.
• Keyword sharing (off unless you turn it on). If you tick "Also share the keywords you search in Keyword Explorer" on the options page, or accept the one-time prompt in Keyword Explorer, the usage counts above also include the keyword text you search. Turning it off stops this at once, including for counts not yet sent.
• Keyword data contributions (on by default, Keyword Explorer only). Keyword Explorer shares the keyword statistics it shows you (keyword names, monthly search volumes, follower counts, related keywords and board names) with InsightPins, and they appear in the free keyword tool on insightpins.com. It does not share your Pinterest account, your pins, your license or your Keyword Explorer search history. Our server receives your IP address and a random code with it, but keeps neither.
  In detail, for each keyword Keyword Explorer shows you, the extension sends that keyword's name, its ID and page address, its monthly search volume (or that none is given) and follower count, when it was last updated, and the related keywords, long tail keywords and board names (with their pin counts) listed for it. It does not send which keyword you typed, when or in what order, questions, the owners of boards, or anything else from your browser. The keywords sent can still show which topics you researched, so we never store them with anything that identifies you: the keyword records we keep and publish contain no IP address, code or time of your request.
  To limit misuse, the extension gets a random contributor code from our server the first time it sends. The code is not linked to your license, your usage statistics ID or your device, and the extension deletes it when you turn this off. Cloudflare, which carries the request, and our server receive your IP address and the code. Our server keeps only daily counters made with a key that is created new each day and never stored, so nobody, including us, can turn a counter back into your IP address or code; the counters are deleted within an hour after the day ends (UTC). Our server keeps no access log of these requests; if it rejects a request as too large or too frequent, its error log can record your IP address. Cloudflare handles requests under its own privacy policy.
  A notice explains this the first time you open Keyword Explorer, before anything is sent. If you had turned off usage statistics, it starts off. Turn off “Share the keyword statistics Keyword Explorer shows” in the extension's options, or choose “Turn off” in the notice, to stop it at once; anything not yet sent is deleted. Keyword records already published stay in the free tool, since nothing in them links them to you. The extension keeps a private record, on your computer only, of when you saw the notice and when you turned sharing on or off.
• Third-party resources. The extension's dashboard, popup and options pages load styles and icon fonts from public content delivery networks (cdnjs, cdn.datatables.net and Google Fonts). Those providers see your IP address when the files are requested.

This website (insightpins.com)

• Analytics. We use Google Analytics and Google Ads tags to measure traffic and conversions. These set cookies and record your IP address, browser, device type and the pages you visit. See our Cookie Policy.
• Remarketing. We use Google Ads remarketing. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to show our ads on other websites based on your past visits to insightpins.com. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are included only after accepting cookies. You can opt out of personalized ads in Google's Ad Settings, or opt out of many vendors at once at optout.aboutads.info.
• Contact and support. If you write to us or use a form, we receive the name, email address and message you send.
• Server logs. Requests to our servers are logged with IP address, browser type and timestamp for security and abuse prevention.

The Pin Generator (app.insightpins.com)

• Analytics. Google Analytics, as above.
• Your email address, if you choose to give it to us to unlock more exports. We store it with our email provider to send you product updates. You can ask us to delete it at any time.
• The URL you paste is fetched by our server to extract the page's title, description and images. We do not keep the extracted content after the response is returned.
• Your account, if you sign in with Google. Google tells us your email address, your name and your Google account ID, and we keep those three to identify you. Google also sends your profile picture; we do not store it. We never see your Google password.
• Saved styles, if you save a pin's look while signed in: the name you give it and the template, colors, font, text sizes, button text and site name you chose. When you remove one we hide it but keep the record, and use removed styles only to learn which looks are popular.

The InsightPins connector for Claude (app.insightpins.com/mcp)

The connector lets Claude, or another AI assistant that supports MCP, make pins for you. It only works with an InsightPins account.

• Connecting. When you connect it, you sign in to your InsightPins account with Google (see above) and approve the connection. We keep a record of the connection: which app it is for, when it was made and last used, and a scrambled (hashed) copy of the token the app uses. Claude never receives your Google sign-in, only that token. A connection that goes unused for 30 days expires.
• What the assistant sends us. Only what its requests to the connector contain: the page URL you asked about, the pin text (headline, subtitle, button text and site name), extra template fields such as a price or cook time, image URLs, and your design choices (template, colors, font, text size). We do not receive your conversation, files you share with the assistant, or anything else from your account there, unless you ask the assistant to put one of your own photos on a pin (see "Uploaded photos").
• Pages and images. Our server fetches the page to read its title, description and images, and fetches the images to draw the pin. We do not keep the page's content after responding.
• Uploaded photos. When you want one of your own photos on a pin, the assistant uploads it to us, or gives you a link to a page where you upload it yourself (the link works once, for 15 minutes). We accept JPEG, PNG and WebP images. Before storing a photo we turn it upright and remove the information a camera or phone adds to it, including its location, the device and the time it was taken. We store the photo with Cloudflare R2 at a random, unguessable address, so the pin can be drawn; anyone who has that link can open it. It is deleted 7 days after you upload it (deletion can run up to a day later). We do not use your photos for anything else.
• Upload records. For each upload we keep the time, the image size, format and dimensions, and whether it came from the assistant or the upload page. We use them to count your daily upload limit, and they stay for as long as your account does. They do not contain the photo.
• Server logs. As on the website, requests are logged with IP address, browser type, country and time. Our server also logs when you connect an app, each photo you upload (its size and format), and any page fetch, upload or render that fails, together with your account ID; a failure can include the page or image URL.
• Rendered pins. Pin images are stored with Cloudflare R2 so you can download them. Each one has a random, unguessable address, and anyone who has that link can open the image. They are deleted 7 days after they are made (deletion can run up to a day later).
• Render records. For each pin we keep the time, the template, colors and font, the image format and size, and the headline. We use them to count your daily limit and to list your recent pins on your dashboard. They stay for as long as your account does. While the pin's image exists (7 days) we also keep the rest of the pin as it was drawn: the subtitle, button text, site name, extra template fields, image links, and text and photo settings. That is what lets you reopen the pin for editing from your dashboard. These details are removed after 7 days (removal can run some time later); the image links may point to pages or photos outside our service.

2. Why We Use It (Purposes and Legal Bases)

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, data protection law asks us to name the legal basis for each use. They are:

• Providing what you ask for (contract): the extension's features and license checks, the free tools' answers, your Pin Generator account, pins and connector, and handling purchases with our payment provider.
• Your consent: analytics and advertising cookies on this website where we ask for it (see the Cookie Policy), sharing the keywords you search with our usage statistics, the one email a notify form sends, and optional InsightPins update emails. You can withdraw consent at any time, which does not affect what happened before.
• Our legitimate interests, which we have weighed against yours: the extension's usage statistics and crash reports (to find what to improve and fix), keyword data contributions (to build the free keyword tool, which anyone can use), and security, abuse prevention, rate limiting and server logs (to keep our services working). You can object at any time, and for the extension's statistics and contributions you can simply turn them off in its options.
• Legal obligations: keeping records we must keep, for example about purchases.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to make decisions about you by automated means alone.

3. Who Receives It (Sharing and Transfers)

• Service providers that process data for us, only for the purposes above: Cloudflare (website hosting, delivering requests to our servers, and storing pin images), OVH (the servers that run our keyword service and the Pin Generator), Google (Analytics, Ads, Fonts and sign-in with Google), Sentry (crash reports), Resend (sending email), and the public content delivery networks the extension loads styles from (cdnjs and cdn.datatables.net).
• Lemon Squeezy sells our licenses as the merchant of record. When you buy, it collects your payment and billing details under its own privacy policy and tells us what we need to give you your license.
• The public: keyword data contributed by the extension is published in the free keyword tool, without anything that identifies the person who sent it.
• Legal requirements: we may disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect our rights or the safety of others.
• International transfers: we are based in Malaysia, and our providers process data in other countries, including the United States and countries in the European Union. When information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland goes to a country without an adequacy decision, including Malaysia, we rely on the safeguards our providers offer, such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses, where they offer them.

4. Your Choices and Rights

• Settings: the extension's options turn off usage statistics, keyword sharing and keyword data contributions; the cookie banner and the Cookie Policy cover this website; every update email has an unsubscribe link.
• Your rights: you can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it, restrict how we use it, or give it to you in a portable form. You can object to uses based on our legitimate interests, and withdraw any consent you gave. Write to pin.analyzer@gmail.com; we answer within one month. We may need to confirm it is you, and we cannot find information we do not link to you, such as published keyword records or daily counters.
• Complaints: you can complain to the data protection authority where you live or work. We would appreciate the chance to answer you first.

5. How Long We Keep It, and Security

• Daily counters (free tools and keyword contributions): until the day ends (UTC), deleted within the following hour.
• Notify emails: erased once the one email is sent, or after 14 days if it was not; kept with the updates opt-in only until you unsubscribe.
• Keyword data contributions: the published keyword records are kept indefinitely; they contain nothing that identifies you. Readings the extension has not sent yet stay on your computer and are deleted when you turn sharing off.
• Server logs on our keyword server are rotated weekly and kept for up to 5 weeks, then deleted automatically. This website's request logs at Cloudflare are kept for 7 days.
• Analytics: Google Analytics keeps event data for 2 months. Crash reports from the extension are kept by Sentry for 1 month.
• License checks: our licensing server keeps your license key and the browser user agent it was checked with for 7 days after the last check.
• Connector photos and rendered pins: deleted 7 days after they are made; the record of each upload or pin (without the image) stays with your account.
• Accounts and licenses: for as long as the account or license exists, and afterwards only as long as the law requires.
• Security: we use encryption in transit and limit access to the systems that hold your data, but no method of transmission or storage is entirely secure.

6. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately.

7. External Influences and Updates

Occasionally, changes made by Pinterest or third-party platforms may affect the functionality of our services. We will strive to update and maintain our extension accordingly. In some cases, adjustments and fixes may require additional time, and we will keep you informed if such changes impact data processing practices.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

9. Free Tools on Our Website

• Keywords You Type: When you use a tool that shows Pinterest search volumes, the keyword you type is sent to our keyword service so it can answer. Our keyword server's access log records each request, with your IP address, browser, time and the address requested, which includes the keyword; it is kept for up to 5 weeks, then deleted automatically (see section 5).
• Notify Emails: If you ask our homepage or one of our free tools to email you (for example, a one-time note when a keyword is added to our dataset, or the extension install link for your computer), we store your email address together with the exact consent wording you agreed to, and send that one email through our email provider, Resend. Once it is sent, or after 14 days if the keyword has not been added by then, we erase your address. You can also ask us to delete it sooner by replying to the email or via the contact email below.
• Optional Updates: The same forms offer a separate, unticked box: “Also send me occasional InsightPins updates. Unsubscribe any time.” Only if you tick it do we keep your address after that one email, together with that wording and the time you agreed, to send you occasional InsightPins product updates. Every such email has an unsubscribe link; using it withdraws your consent and erases your address at once. Leaving the box unticked changes nothing about the email you asked for.
• Rate Limiting: To keep the free tools available to everyone, our keyword service counts requests per visitor for up to one day. The counters are made with a key that is created new each day and never stored, so nobody, including us, can turn one back into an IP address; they hold no keywords, and they are deleted within an hour after the day ends (UTC). Raw IP addresses are not kept in our database.
• The Pinterest CSV Checker: The checker reads the file you give it, or the text you paste, inside your browser. The file is not sent to us or to anyone else, and the checker itself keeps nothing in your browser storage. Like every page on this site, the page loads our analytics tags, which are described in the Cookie Policy. If you press the optional image check, your browser loads each image link listed in your file, so the sites that host those images receive those requests from you. The analytics events the checker sends carry only counts and the names of its rules: roughly how many pins the file had (as a range), how many errors and warnings were found and which rules fired most often, which column separator the file used, how many fixes were made, how many image links failed to load, and whether you downloaded the template or tried the date and quoting examples on the page. They never carry the text of your file, its name, or a link in it.
• Local Storage: The tools keep your recent results and your daily lookup counts in your own browser storage, and share the results with each other so that a keyword you already looked up in one tool is not counted again in another. Each tool counts its own daily lookups. That data stays on your device and is not sent to us. If you were asked about cookies, your answer is kept there too.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: pin.analyzer@gmail.com