Hello,
Thank you for reaching out with your concerns regarding the Analytics module in Rank Math. We understand your apprehension about data privacy and want to assure you that at Rank Math, we take data security and privacy seriously.
When you connect your website to Rank Math for using the Analytics module, the data fetched from Google Analytics or Google Search Console is not viewed or stored by anyone at Rank Math. The data is directly passed on to your server, processed, and stored there. We act as an intermediary to fetch the data from Google and display it to you within your WordPress dashboard.
We do not spy on any client’s data or access it without permission. The data displayed on the Rank Math dashboard is sourced directly from your connected Google accounts and processed locally on your website.
If you have any further concerns or questions about how Rank Math handles data, please feel free to ask. Your privacy and trust are important to us.
Thank you for raising this concern, and we appreciate your understanding.
Warm regards.
Sources:
Making the Most of the Analytics in Rank Math
How to Setup Rank Math SEO Plugin Properly
Why Rank Math’s Analytics Data Differs from Search Console & Google Analytics? » Rank Math
How to Migrate from Rank Math to All in One SEO Pack » Rank Math
QUOTE: “We do not spy on any client’s data or access it without permission. The data displayed on the Rank Math dashboard is sourced directly from your connected Google accounts and processed locally on your website.”
Here we can again see that — there is an option for RankMath.com to fetch data from the client’s server. This is what I am talking about. Please explain. Thanks.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and bringing your concern to our attention.
Please note that this feature is available for better client management in our Business and Agency subscription. Many of our users want to see the Analytics data for all of their websites at a time.
However, we believe the client also has privacy and that’s why, in the Business and Agency subscription we have the Monitor SEO Performance option to disable this feature for a particular website. Users can disable this option from WP Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > Analytics: https://rankmath.com/kb/general-settings/#monitor-seo-performance
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
I was just concerned that RankMath.com pulling the site data — if it can do it — either by customer’s option-selection on the plugin area — WP Dashboard > Rank Math > General Settings > Analytics…… if that’s possible, RankMath.com is already capable of doing the data-fetching even without client permission. This is what I was trying to say and that’s a big concern for sure.
Anyway, I TRUST that the RankMath team is not into any of that — but, the whole thing of connecting RankMath plugin to RankMath.com acts as a backdoor to the client’s site.
Thanks for making RankMath plugin – it’s great.
P.S. I am closing this thread.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your concerns with us.
We understand your apprehension regarding data privacy and want to assure you once again that Rank Math is committed to upholding the highest standards of privacy and security for our users.
Regarding your concern about RankMath.com fetching site data without client permission, I want to clarify that Rank Math does not access or fetch any data from your website without your explicit permission. The feature you mentioned, available in our Business and Agency subscriptions, is designed to facilitate client management by allowing users to view Analytics data for multiple websites in one place. However, this feature can be disabled at any time by the user, ensuring that data is not accessed without their consent.
At Rank Math, we take your privacy seriously, and we adhere to strict policies to ensure that your data is handled securely and ethically. We do not engage in any unauthorized data collection or access.
We appreciate your trust in Rank Math and are grateful for your support. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We are here to help.
Thank you for choosing Rank Math, and we look forward to serving you further.
