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Privacy notice for the SRO Snippet Tester — a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) utility published on richvoller.com.

Last updated: June 2026

Summary

The SRO Snippet Tester is a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) tool. We do not run user accounts, we do not use analytics or advertising trackers on the tool itself, and we do not store your queries, passages, or API key on our servers or in any database.

What we store

  • Your Gemini API key (your browser only): If you enter a key in Settings, it is saved in your browser's localStorage so you do not have to re-enter it each visit. It is never written to our servers.
  • Your current test (your browser only): The query, passages, results, and rewrites for your current session are saved in your browser's localStorage so a refresh does not lose your work. You can clear them with "New test".
  • Our servers: We do not persist user content. API routes process requests in memory and discard data when the request completes.

What is sent to third parties

When you run a test or rewrite, your browser sends your Gemini API key and the relevant text to our API routes. Our server forwards the request to Google's Gemini API using your own API key:

  • Google Gemini — the query, your passage, and the competitor passages, for judging and rewriting.
  • URL fetching — when you use "Fetch from URL", our server requests that public page and extracts text. With your Gemini key and a query set, Gemini picks the most likely verbatim passages; without a key we use keyword-based chunking only.

Google processes data under its own terms and privacy policy. You are responsible for your account with them.

Hosting

The tool is hosted on Vercel. Standard request metadata (such as IP address and user agent) may appear in hosting logs for security and operations. We do not use this data for marketing.

Lawful basis (GDPR)

We process the minimum data needed to provide the tool (legitimate interest in operating a free utility). We do not sell personal data or use it for advertising. Text you enter may constitute personal data if it relates to an identifiable person; you control what you submit.

Your choices

  • Clear your key: Settings → Clear key removes the key from your browser.
  • Clear your test: "New test" clears the current query, passages, and results from your browser.
  • Clear browser data: Removing site data for the tool origin deletes the stored key and session.
  • Export: Download your results as a report or JSON before leaving the page.

Because we do not store user content server-side, there is no server-held data to request or erase beyond standard hosting logs managed by our host.

Security

Traffic is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). Your API key travels only between your browser and our API routes, then onward to Google. Avoid using the tool on shared or untrusted devices if your key is saved locally.

Contact

For privacy questions about this tool, contact [email protected] or use the contact form on this site.