Data & privacy

Checkout proof without handing over your customers.

Checkout Watch tests the buyer-facing path, keeps evidence private, and separates optional measurement from the service you asked us to provide.

01 · Safe checks

What a Checkout Watch test is allowed to do.

01

Use the public storefront

Tests follow pages a shopper can reach: storefront, product, cart, checkout, and the visible payment step.

02

Stop before payment

A test may add a product to a temporary cart. It does not submit payment or intentionally create an order.

03

Require permission

You must own the store, work for it, or have permission to test it. Connected tests add store verification.

02 · Evidence

Useful enough to diagnose. Restricted enough to protect.

Reports can include steps, technical events, screenshots, video, or trace evidence. Those artefacts remain private and are shown only through authorised report or account access.

Unconfirmed free test
Up to 72 hours
Confirmed free report
Up to 14 days
Connected monitoring
Until the expiry shown for the run or plan

Never an analytics payload

Checkout evidence, store URLs, names, emails, alert destinations, credentials, payment details, and raw error text are excluded from product analytics.

03 · Your choices

Measurement is optional and separated by purpose.

Purpose What it does Initial state
Analytics Consented page and named product events using opaque identifiers. Off until accepted
Advertising measurement Retains eligible Google click IDs and measures useful outcomes. Off until accepted
Advertising personalisation Would allow personalised advertising use. Off for launch

You can change future measurement through the website banner. Signed-in users also have account privacy controls, including withdrawal across devices. Session replay and broad product autocapture are off for the initial analytics release.

04 · Plugin download

A marketing contact, not an application account.

01

Why we ask for email

We use it to send the requested WordPress plugin link and three short setup emails. The free plugin remains available directly from WordPress.org.

02

Your marketing choice

The separate product-news checkbox is optional and can be cleared before submitting. Every ongoing marketing email includes an unsubscribe path.

03

Kept outside the app

The address is held in Checkout Watch’s dedicated marketing system. Requesting the plugin does not create an account, team, trial, or application profile.

Need the legal detail?

The full policy covers data, providers, transfers, retention, and your rights.