Privacy Policy — Localization Guard

Effective date: July 11, 2026 · Developer: Quietsmith · Contact: support@quietsmith.com

Summary: Localization Guard is a read-only quality assurance tool for Shopify Markets. It reads store content to report localization issues. It does not access customer personal data, does not modify your store, and does not sell or share data with third parties.

Information we access

When you install Localization Guard, we request read-only Shopify permissions to access:

Product information (titles, handles, metafields) and their translations.
Store locales, markets, and localization settings.
Online store pages and navigation content, for localization coverage checks.
Basic shop information (store name, primary domain, plan), used to operate the app.

We do not request or access: customer personal data, orders, payment information, analytics, or staff accounts.

How we use information

Store content is read to generate QA findings (missing translations, untranslated URLs, metafield gaps, changed protected terms) and a market readiness score. Findings are shown to you in the app and can be exported by you as CSV.

What we store

We store the minimum needed to operate: your shop identifier, app settings (such as protected terms you define), and scan summaries (counts and scores). We do not store copies of your product catalog. Scan detail results are generated on demand.

What we never do

We never write to your store: no edits, no translations, no bulk updates, no deletions.
We never access customer personal data.
We never sell, rent, or share store data with third parties.
We never use your store content to train machine-learning models.

Data retention and deletion

If you uninstall the app, we delete stored settings and scan summaries within 48 hours of receiving Shopify's shop/redact webhook. Because the app does not collect customer personal data, customers/data_request and customers/redact webhooks receive an automated confirmation that no customer data is held.

Security

Access tokens are stored encrypted. All communication with Shopify uses HTTPS. Access to production systems is limited to the developer.

Changes

We will update this policy if the app's data practices change, and note the new effective date above. Material changes will be announced in the app.

Contact

Questions or requests: support@quietsmith.com. We answer within 2 business days.