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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 20, 2026

On this page
  • Overview
  • Information we collect
  • What we never see or store
  • How we use information
  • How we share information
  • Cookies & analytics
  • Data retention
  • Data security
  • Your privacy rights
  • International users
  • Children's privacy
  • Relationship to Squarespace
  • Changes to this policy
  • Contact us

1. Overview

SquareOptimizer (“SquareOptimizer,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a browser extension and companion dashboard, operated by Greengo Development LTD, that helps Squarespace site owners find and compress oversized images. This policy explains what information we collect when you use the extension or the dashboard at squareoptimizer.com, why we collect it, and the choices you have.

The short version: we collect account, billing, and usage-summary data needed to run the service. We do not collect, receive, or store the actual image files on your site — compression happens entirely inside your own browser. See “What we never see or store.”

2. Information we collect

Account information

When you create a SquareOptimizer account, we collect your email address and, if you sign up with a password, a securely hashed version of that password (we never store your password in plain text). If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile image from Google under the permissions you grant during that sign-in.

Extension connection data

To let the browser extension act on your behalf, the dashboard issues an authentication token. We store only a one-way hash of that token, plus a label (e.g., “Browser extension”) and the date it was last used — never the token itself in reversible form.

Usage and optimization records

To show you history, enforce credit limits, and generate PDF reports, we record metadata about each optimization run: the site origin you scanned (e.g., yoursite.squarespace.com), which images were processed, their file names, their before/after file sizes, and whether the operation succeeded. We do not record the pixel content of your images anywhere in this process — see the next section.

Payment information

Credit purchases are processed by Stripe, Inc. We never receive or store your full card number, expiry date, or CVC — those go directly to Stripe. We do store the resulting Stripe customer ID, the pack purchased, the amount, and the date, so we can maintain your billing history and honor the Refund Policy.

Communications

If you email support@squareoptimizer.com or otherwise contact us, we keep a record of that correspondence to respond to you and to improve the service.

Technical and analytics data

On the public marketing site, we use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand aggregate traffic and which sections and buttons visitors interact with. This may include your IP address (used to derive an approximate location and then discarded), browser type, device type, and pages viewed. See “Cookies & analytics” below.

3. What we never see or store

This is the part most people ask about, so we’re explicit about it. When you run an optimization, the SquareOptimizer browser extension:

  1. Downloads the image directly from Squarespace’s media servers, inside your browser.
  2. Compresses it locally using your browser’s own image-processing capabilities (no external compression API).
  3. Uploads the compressed result directly back to Squarespace, using your own authenticated Squarespace session.

At no point does the image file — original or compressed — pass through, or get transmitted to, SquareOptimizer’s servers. We only receive the summary metadata described above (file name, byte sizes, success/failure), which is what allows us to show you a report and deduct a credit. If you delete your account, that metadata is deleted with it, as described in “Data retention.”

4. How we use information

  • To create and maintain your account and authenticate the extension on your behalf.
  • To track your credit balance, process purchases, and apply the correct expiration dates.
  • To generate the optimization history, activity logs, and PDF reports shown in the dashboard and extension.
  • To provide customer support and respond to inquiries.
  • To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents (for example, unusual credit-spend patterns).
  • To understand aggregate product usage and improve the service, via analytics described above.
  • To send transactional emails (e.g., password resets, purchase receipts) and, if you opt in, occasional product updates.
  • To comply with legal obligations, such as tax and accounting record-keeping for purchases.

We do not use your account or usage data to train machine-learning or AI models, and we do not sell your personal information to third parties.

5. How we share information

We share information only with the following categories of recipients, and only as needed to run the service:

  • Payment processing — Stripe, Inc., to process credit-pack purchases and refunds.
  • Authentication — Google, if you choose to sign in with Google.
  • Analytics — Google Analytics, for aggregate marketing-site traffic on squareoptimizer.com only (not the extension or dashboard app).
  • Infrastructure — our database and hosting providers, who store data on our behalf under confidentiality obligations and do not use it for their own purposes.
  • Legal requirements — if required to comply with a valid legal process (such as a subpoena or court order), or to protect the rights, property, or safety of SquareOptimizer, our users, or the public.
  • Business transfers — if SquareOptimizer is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to the commitments made in this policy.

Squarespace itself is not a party we share your account data with. When you use the extension, requests to Squarespace’s own APIs are made directly from your browser using your own Squarespace session — we are not an intermediary in that request.

6. Cookies & analytics

We use a small number of cookies and similar technologies:

  • Essential/session cookies — keep you signed in to the dashboard. These are required for the service to function and cannot be disabled without breaking login.
  • Analytics cookies — set by Google Analytics on the marketing site to measure traffic and CTA performance. You can block these using your browser’s cookie settings or a browser extension that blocks Google Analytics.

We do not use third-party advertising cookies or cross-site ad tracking.

7. Data retention

We retain account and billing data for as long as your account is active, and for a reasonable period afterward as needed for legitimate business purposes such as tax records, fraud prevention, and dispute resolution. If you delete your account (or ask us to via support@squareoptimizer.com), we delete or anonymize your account and usage-history data, except where we are legally required to retain financial records (typically for the retention period required by applicable tax law).

8. Data security

We use industry-standard safeguards to protect your information, including encryption of data in transit (HTTPS/TLS), hashed storage of passwords and authentication tokens, and access controls limiting who at SquareOptimizer can view account data. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect your information and to promptly investigate any suspected incident.

9. Your privacy rights

If you are in the UK or EEA (UK/EU GDPR)

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you;
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
  • Request erasure of your data (“right to be forgotten”);
  • Restrict or object to certain processing, including analytics;
  • Receive a portable copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format; and
  • Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Where we rely on consent (for example, analytics cookies), you may withdraw that consent at any time. Where we rely on legitimate interests (for example, fraud prevention), you may object and we will assess your request accordingly.

If you are a US resident

Depending on your state, you may have rights to know what personal information we collect, to request deletion of that information, to correct inaccuracies, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. SquareOptimizer does not sell personal information, and we do not use your data for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Exercising these rights

For any of the above, email support@squareoptimizer.com from the address on your account. We will verify your identity and respond within the timeframe required by applicable law (generally within 30–45 days).

10. International users

SquareOptimizer is operated from the United Kingdom and used by customers worldwide, including in the United States and the European Economic Area. Your information may be processed and stored in countries other than the one in which you live, including the United Kingdom and the United States, which may have data protection laws different from those of your country. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses) for these transfers.

11. Children’s privacy

SquareOptimizer is a business tool intended for website owners and professionals. It is not directed at, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, anyone under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

12. Relationship to Squarespace

SquareOptimizer is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Squarespace, Inc. “Squarespace” is a trademark of Squarespace, Inc. Any images or site content you optimize using SquareOptimizer are handled directly between your browser and Squarespace’s own servers, under your existing Squarespace account and its own terms and privacy practices, which we encourage you to review separately.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, notify you by email or through the dashboard. Continued use of SquareOptimizer after a change becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

14. Contact us

Greengo Development LTD (trading as SquareOptimizer)

Email: support@squareoptimizer.com

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