The outside services Guide.md relies on, what each one is for, and what it receives. Only services actually in use are listed; when one changes, this page changes with it. The Privacy Policy explains how information is used.
| Provider | Purpose | What it receives | Where it is used | Privacy information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | DNS, TLS, edge cache, bot protection (Turnstile on forms) | Every request: IP address, page address, browser details | Whole site | cloudflare.com/privacypolicy |
| A dedicated server (Docker: WordPress, MariaDB, Redis, Caddy) | Hosting and the database | All application data | Whole site | Operated by Guide.md |
| Brevo | Transactional email: confirmations, reports, reminders, notifications | Recipient address, subject, message; delivery and bounce events | Claims, visibility reports, account mail | brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy |
| Google Workspace (outreach.guide.md) | The mailbox that sends and receives business outreach to providers and agencies | Recipient address, message | Outreach | policies.google.com/privacy |
| Stripe | Payments, subscriptions, invoices | Card details (held by Stripe, never by Guide.md), plan, transaction identifiers | Upgrades, add-ons | stripe.com/privacy |
| Stripe Identity | The optional identity-verified checkmark a provider can buy for a profile they already hold | Identity document and selfie (held by Stripe; Guide.md keeps the result, the date and the reference) | Checkmark only; never part of claiming | stripe.com/privacy |
| Google (Gemini models) | Interpreting a search, the free visibility report, condition and procedure inference, profile enrichment, outreach research | The search text, public profile facts, or the text a provider typed | Search, visibility check, profile writer, admin tools | policies.google.com/privacy |
| OpenAI | Some writing features, when configured | The text a provider typed and public profile facts | Profile writer | openai.com/policies/privacy-policy |
| Google Analytics (via Site Kit) | Usage, performance and error measurement | Page addresses, interaction events, device and approximate location; no advertising features | Whole site | policies.google.com/privacy |
| Google Safe Browsing | Checking links providers add to profiles | The URL being checked | Profile editor | policies.google.com/privacy |
| IndexNow (Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver) | Telling search engines when a page changed or was removed | The page address | Suppression, sitemap updates | indexnow.org |
| YouTube / Vimeo | Embedded video on profiles that added one | Standard embed requests from your browser | Profiles with video | Each host’s own policy |
Not used: advertising or retargeting pixels of any kind, data brokers, error-monitoring services that receive page contents. Guide.md does not sell provider data.