Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 19, 2026

Most privacy policies read like a lawyer’s fever dream. We do local SEO. We rank Laredo businesses on Google Maps. We do not have time for legal jargon, and neither do you. This page explains exactly what data we collect when you visit localseolaredo.com, how we handle it, and why we need it.

Transparency builds trust.

If you hand us your business information, we protect it. We do not sell your email to list brokers. We do not trade your phone number to third-party marketers. We use your data to audit your search presence, fix your citation consistency, and get you more calls.

The Information We Collect

You can browse our guides on Google Business Profile optimization and review velocity without giving us a single piece of personal information. We want you to read our work. We want you to see the exact methods we use to push Texas contractors into the map pack.

When you decide you want our help, you fill out a contact form. That changes the dynamic. At that point, we collect specific details.

Your personal name and official business name.
Your direct email address and phone number.
Your website URL and current Google Maps link.
Your physical business address.

We need this exact information to run a baseline audit. We check your NAP consistency across 50 major directories. We look at your proximity signals. We cannot diagnose a ranking drop without looking under the hood of your digital presence. We have to verify your exact location to see if competitors have set up fake listings near you.

Cookies, Analytics, and Site Tracking

We track website behavior. Every serious digital business does. We use Google Analytics and Google Search Console to monitor the traffic hitting localseolaredo.com. Raw traffic data is just noise. We look for the signal.

This tracking illuminates our blind spots. We look at which pages keep your attention and which ones cause you to bounce. If our guide on schema markup has a 90 percent exit rate, we rewrite it. We use this behavioral data strictly to improve content quality. We want to publish the most accurate, actionable local SEO advice in Texas.

Cookies make this tracking possible. These small text files sit in your browser and tell us if you have visited our site before. They help the site load faster. They remember your preferences. We use two specific types of cookies.

Functional Cookies: These keep the website running. They ensure forms submit correctly and pages render properly on your phone.
Analytics Cookies: These tell us how you interact with our content. They show us if you read the whole page or leave after three seconds.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time.

Doing so will not break the site. You can still read our case studies. You just become an anonymous reader in our analytics dashboard.

Third-Party Tools and Data Sharing

We operate a lean agency. We rely on industry-standard tools to do our jobs. When you submit your website for an audit, we run your URL through third-party software.

BrightLocal: We use this for citation tracking and local search grid reports.
Ahrefs: We use this for backlink analysis and competitor research.
GoHighLevel: We use this CRM to track our email conversations and phone calls with you.
Google Workspace: We use this for secure email communication and document storage.

These platforms process your business data. They have their own strict privacy standards. We never hand your personal contact details to these companies for their marketing purposes. We simply use their infrastructure to analyze your local search visibility and manage our agency operations.

How We Protect Your Data

Data security carries real weight. We treat your business information with the same paranoia we apply to our own agency data. Our website uses standard SSL encryption. Any data you submit through our contact forms travels over a secure connection.

We restrict access internally. Only the team members actively working on your Google Maps campaign or initial audit can see your contact details. We do not leave client spreadsheets sitting on public servers. We do not share login credentials over unsecured channels.

Absolute security does not exist on the internet. We take every reasonable precaution. If a breach ever occurs, we will notify you immediately. We fix the vulnerability. We communicate the exact impact.

Data Retention Timelines

We do not hoard data. If you reach out for a consultation and decide not to hire us, we delete your contact information after 90 days. We keep our CRM clean. Storing old data creates unnecessary risk.

If you become a client, we retain your data for the duration of our working relationship. We need your historical data to track ranking improvements over time. We need to measure how our citation building impacts your call volume month over month. Once a contract ends, we archive your file for tax and legal compliance. After three years, we purge it completely.

Your Rights Regarding Your Information

You own your personal data. You have specific rights regarding how we handle it. We respect those rights without hesitation.

Right to Access: You can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Correction: If we have the wrong phone number or email, tell us. We will fix it.
Right to Deletion: You can ask us to erase your data from our systems entirely.

We process these requests quickly. We do not make you jump through administrative hoops. Send us an email. We verify your identity. We execute