Title: Search Engine Handling (GDPR compliance, documentation)
Last modified: July 22, 2024

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# Search Engine Handling (GDPR compliance, documentation)

 *  Resolved [indigogrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigogrl/)
 * (@indigogrl)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/)
 * Hi,
 * in the search engine filters section of the settings it says for every activated
   search engine:
 * “Allows search engine to collect and report data”
 * Which data exactly is being collected and reported?
   Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Support [Amir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amirfallah/)
 * (@amirfallah)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905429)
 * Hi,
 * Thank you for reaching out.
 * Could you please provide a bit more detail about the message you mentioned? Specifically,
   where exactly in the settings is this message displayed? A screenshot would be
   very helpful for us to better understand the context and assist you more effectively.
 * Additionally, we currently do not have such a message in our plugin, so any extra
   details you can provide will be very helpful.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [indigogrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigogrl/)
 * (@indigogrl)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905453)
 * hi Amir,
 * thanks for the quick reply! This is the section in the settings that I am asking
   about. I need to document in the privacy policy for the website your plugin is
   used on, what the data flows are.
 * ![](https://wordpress.org/7b8e2c05-5985-4a92-ac9a-851a260d1030)
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.postimg.cc/ZqGnYC9x/Wp-Statistics-Plugin.png?ssl=1)
 *  Plugin Support [Amir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amirfallah/)
 * (@amirfallah)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905461)
 * Thank you for the screenshot.
 * This text was in the older versions of the plugin. The correct description of
   this section in the latest version is as follows:
   “Track and report visits referred
   from [Search Engine Name].”
 * I hope the new description helps you. If you have any questions about this, please
   let us know so I can assist you.
   Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [indigogrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigogrl/)
 * (@indigogrl)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905465)
 * Thanks, Amir! I take it from the new description that the number of visits is
   the only data that is being tracked and reported from the search engines?
 * Thanks again!
 *  Plugin Support [Amir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amirfallah/)
 * (@amirfallah)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905593)
 * No, search engines do not track anything. It is our plugin that records users
   who enter your site through search engines. This means that if Google Search 
   Engine Tracking is enabled and a user enters your site from Google, the address
   google.com will be recorded in the Referrer section for that user.
 *  Thread Starter [indigogrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigogrl/)
 * (@indigogrl)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905598)
 * Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated.

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 * Last reply from: [indigogrl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indigogrl/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-engine-handling-gdpr-compliance-documentation/#post-17905598)
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