Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Privacy Philosophy

At AdShield Pro, we believe security tools should respect user privacy. Unlike cloud analytics platforms that aggregate and sell visitor behavioral datasets, AdShield Pro is built on a Local-First, Zero-Cloud Data Leak model.

2. What Data is Collected by the WordPress Plugin

All traffic analytics, ad click logs, and IP quarantine tables remain 100% inside your own WordPress MySQL database. AdShield Pro's central licensing server never receives your visitors' personally identifiable information (PII).

• Visitor IP Addresses: Stored locally in your WordPress database to compute click frequencies and enforce penalties. IPs older than 30 days are automatically purged.
• Referral Strings: Cleaned and aggregated (e.g. Google, Facebook, YouTube, Direct) without retaining sensitive query params.
• Geo-Location: Derived in-memory from Cloudflare edge headers without calling third-party tracking beacons.

3. What Data is Collected by the Central SaaS Store

When you register for a trial or purchase a license, our central store collects:

• Customer Name & Email Address: Used solely to issue license keys, payment receipts, and security updates.
• Root Domain: Kept to enforce our 1-trial-per-domain anti-abuse policy and validate your Pro activation status.
• Payment Reference ID: Binance Pay or Payoneer transaction hashes. We never store credit card or bank account numbers.

4. GDPR & CCPA Compliance

Publishers have full sovereignty over their visitor records. With 1-click inside the AdShield Pro WordPress dashboard, site administrators can purge logs, unblock IPs, or export their traffic summaries.