AAM Local Grid privacy policy

AAM Local Grid is a Chrome extension made by AI Agency Managers (aiagencymanagers.com). It tracks where local businesses rank on Google Maps. This policy explains what it stores, what leaves your computer, and how to delete your data.

What AAM Local Grid stores

Projects (business names, Google Maps links, locations and keywords), scan results, notes, alerts, report settings and your logo are stored in your browser on your computer (Chrome's extension storage). If you don't sign in to an AAM account, they never leave your computer.

AAM account and cloud backup (optional)

If you sign in with your email, a copy of your projects, scan results, notes, alerts, report settings (including your logo), your list of share links and your licence key is stored in your account on aiagencymanagers.com (hosted on Cloudflare), so you can restore it after reinstalling or on another computer. Your email address is used only to sign you in (we email you a one-time code) and to identify your account. Data is sent over HTTPS and stored encrypted at rest by Cloudflare. We don't sell it, share it or use it for anything except running your account. You can sign out at any time, and Settings → Account → Delete my cloud data permanently deletes everything stored in your account.

What leaves your computer

• Google Maps searches. To scan, the extension loads Google Maps searches for your keywords at each grid point in a minimized window or tab (or an incognito window if you turn on signed-out scanning), and reads the public business listings shown. These are normal requests from your browser to Google; Google's privacy policy applies to them.
• Map backgrounds. The maps behind the grids load map images from the provider chosen in Settings (Esri by default, or Google Maps). These requests contain only the map area being shown.
• Page-reading rules. About every 12 hours the extension downloads a small rules file from aiagencymanagers.com that tells it how to read the Google Maps page. Nothing about you or your projects is sent.
• Cloud backup, only if you sign in. See "AAM account and cloud backup" above.
• Share links, only if you create one. When you press Share link on a report, that report page is stored in your AAM account (or, if you set one up, your own share service), so the person you send the link to can open it. You can revoke a link at any time.
• Licence checks. Pro licence keys are checked on your computer. For a Pro subscription, a few days before your key runs out, AAM Local Grid sends that key to aiagencymanagers.com, which asks Paddle (our payment provider) whether the subscription is still active and, if it is, sends back a renewed key. Nothing else is sent, and the key is not stored.

AAM Local Grid contains no analytics, no tracking and no advertising, and does not sell or share data.

Permissions

• Access to www.google.com: to load Google Maps searches and read the results.
• Tabs and scripting: to open the scan window or tab, read the results in it, and close it when the scan ends.
• Storage: to keep your projects and scans on your computer.
• Alarms and notifications: to run automatic rescans and tell you when a scan finishes or an alert comes up.

Deleting your data

Delete projects or single scans in the dashboard; if you're signed in, they're deleted from your account too. Uninstalling the extension deletes the data on that computer (your cloud copy stays until you delete it). Settings → Account → Delete my cloud data removes everything stored in your account. Revoke share links from the Overview page; revoked links stop working immediately.

Buying Pro

Pro is sold through Paddle (paddle.com), our merchant of record, which processes the payment, handles sales tax and manages your subscription. We receive the order details Paddle provides (your name, email and what you bought) so we can send and support your licence key. We don't receive your card details. Paddle's privacy policy applies to the checkout.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy or the extension? Use the contact form and we'll reply by email.