Privacy and External Services

Privacy and External Services

JAT Search Intel makes no outside requests by default. It adds no tracking, needs no account, and stores everything in your own database.

Each service below is contacted only after you switch on the related module and enter your own credentials, and only from your server.

Service	Module	What is sent	When
OpenAI API	AI Engine	post title, content excerpt and the task instruction, with your API key	when you click an AI button or run a bulk AI task
Anthropic Claude API	AI Engine	the same as above	the same as above
Google Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek or OpenRouter	AI Engine	the same as above	the same as above
OpenAI-compatible endpoint	AI Engine	the same, to the URL you enter	the same as above
Ollama	AI Engine	the same, to the endpoint you configure (your own machine by default)	the same as above
Google OAuth and Search Console API	Rank Tracker, Refresh Queue, Page Performance	a token request signed with your service-account key, your property and keywords	at most hourly for the token; daily or on "Fetch now" for data
Google Search Console URL Inspection API	Index Status	each page URL and your Search Console property	daily (up to 200 pages) if switched on, or when you click Check now
Bing Webmaster Tools API	AI Visibility	your site URL and Bing API key	when the dashboard refreshes
Google Analytics Data API	GA4 Insights	your GA4 property ID and access token	daily
Google PageSpeed Insights API	Core Web Vitals	the page URLs being tested and your API key	weekly or on demand
IndexNow (Bing, Yandex, Naver)	IndexNow	the changed URL and your IndexNow key	when you publish or update content
Slack incoming webhook	Notifications	post titles, URLs and scores	score-drop alerts and the weekly digest
Linked websites	Broken link checker	an HTTP HEAD request to each external link (no site data)	when links are checked

The Preferred Source on Google button is only a link to google.com; nothing is sent unless a visitor clicks it.

Each provider's own terms and privacy policy apply. Links to them are in the plugin's readme.txt under External services.

What the plugin stores

• Settings in the jat_search_intel_settings option
• Per-post SEO fields, scores, SEO change history and index status in post meta (_jat_search_intel_*)
• Category and tag SEO fields in term meta (_jat_search_intel_*)
• Redirects and the 404 log in their own database tables
• AI crawler visits and AI-assistant referrals (for AI Visibility). Visitor IP addresses are stored only as salted hashes, never in raw form, and the same applies to the 404 log.

Deleting the plugin keeps this data unless you tick Delete all plugin data first.