Privacy Policy for GMB Fix My Ranking
Effective Date: May 17, 2026
You came here to recover your Google Maps rankings. You did not come here to have your personal data harvested, packaged, and sold to data brokers. We operate gmbfixmyranking.com with a strict focus on local SEO recovery. We treat your privacy with the exact same ruthless precision we apply to a suspended Google Business Profile.
This policy explains exactly what information we collect. It details how we use it. It outlines your total control over your own data. We hate legal jargon. We wrote this document in plain English so you know exactly where you stand.
The Data We Collect
We collect only what we need to do our job. Nothing else. When you fill out our contact form to ask about a sudden ranking drop, we ask for your name, your email address, and your business listing details. We need this information to look at your actual Google Maps footprint. We cannot diagnose a local visibility issue blindly.
Fixing a hard suspension requires proof of business existence. You often send us utility bills, LLC filings, or storefront photos to build your reinstatement case. We treat these documents with extreme prejudice. We review them, we submit the appeal to Google, and we secure your map pin. Once your listing goes live again, we delete these sensitive files from our local machines.
If you subscribe to our recovery guides, we keep your email address on file. We use it to send you operational tactics. We do not rent this list. We do not share it with third-party marketing agencies.
Manager Access to Your Google Business Profile
When you hire us to fix a penalized listing, we require Manager access to your Google Business Profile. We do not ask for Primary Owner access. You should never give Primary Owner access to an external agency.
We use our agency account to log in, diagnose the trust signals, and submit reinstatement requests. Once your ranking recovers, we instruct you to remove our access.
We do not want lingering permissions on your digital assets.
The Friction of Analytics and Tracking
We run Google Analytics and Google Search Console on this site. These tools place cookies on your browser. They track which pages you visit, how long you stay, and what search terms brought you here. They illuminate our blind spots regarding user intent.
We use this data to cut through the noise. If 500 people land on our guide about “algorithmic filtering” and leave after ten seconds, that tells us the content failed. We rewrite it. We use analytics strictly to improve the signal of our content. We want to know what local SEO problems you actually face.
You can block these cookies. Your browser settings allow you to disable tracking entirely. Disabling cookies will not break this website. You will still be able to read every guide and submit every form.
Third-Party Infrastructure
Running a secure website requires external infrastructure. We rely on standard web hosts, email providers, and analytics platforms. These entities process your data under strict confidentiality agreements. They cannot legally use your information for their own campaigns.
We never hand your contact details to external SEO agencies. Your local ranking problems stay between you and us.
Zero exceptions. Real confidentiality. Total control.
Data Retention Timelines
We hold your contact form submissions for two years. This gives us enough historical context if your Google Business Profile drops out of the map pack a second time. After 24 months of inactivity, we purge your emails from our active database.
You do not have to wait two years. You dictate the timeline.
Your Rights Regarding Your Data
You own your personal information.
You control it entirely. We respect your right to manage your digital footprint. You hold the following specific rights regarding the data you share with us.
- Right to Access: Ask us what data we have on you. We will export it and send it over.
- Right to Deletion: Tell us to wipe your records. We will delete your name, email, and GMB listing URLs from our servers within 48 hours.
- Right to Correction: If you change your business name or email, let us know. We will update our files immediately.
Send an email to [email protected] to trigger any of these actions. We process these requests manually. We do not use automated bots to handle your privacy.
Security Realities
We secure this website with standard SSL encryption. When you submit your business details for a ranking audit, that transmission is encrypted. We update our server software weekly to patch vulnerabilities.
Perfect security does not exist.
Anyone who promises absolute digital safety is lying. We apply heavy friction to unauthorized access attempts, but we cannot guarantee military-grade invulnerability. If a data breach occurs, we will notify you within 72 hours. We will tell you exactly what happened, what data leaked, and how we fixed the vulnerability.
Limitations of Our Scope
We fix Google Maps rankings. We do not provide legal advice. This privacy policy outlines our operational data practices. It does not cover the privacy practices of Google itself.
When you log into your Google Business Profile, you operate under Google’s terms. We have no control over how Alphabet Inc. processes your customer reviews, location data, or search history. You must review their documentation to understand their specific data harvesting operations.
Changes to This Policy
The local SEO environment changes constantly. Our data practices shift as we adopt new auditing tools. We will update this page when our internal processes change.
We will change the effective date at the top of this page. We do not send mass emails for minor typographical updates. We recommend checking this page periodically if you have ongoing concerns about data privacy.
Contact Us
You deserve a direct line to the people handling your data. If you have questions about this policy, reach out.
Email us at [email protected].
We check this inbox daily. You will get a response from a real human within two business days. No automated tickets. No endless waiting. Real answers.