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GreenAudit makes sustainability <em>measurable<\/em> and <em>actionable<\/em> \u2014 aligning with global climate goals and ethical web development.<\/p>\n\n<p>Built for transparency, security, and scalability \u2014 no external tracking, no data collection.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy Policy<\/h3>\n\n<p>GreenAudit does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data by default.<\/p>\n\n<p>If enabled by the site administrator, the plugin may perform external HTTP requests to public APIs \n(e.g., for performance metrics or carbon footprint estimation). These requests may include the \naudited URL and basic metadata (e.g., page size, load time), but no personally identifiable \ninformation (PII) or user-tracking data is collected or shared.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin does not set cookies, does not track users across sites, and does not integrate with \nthird-party analytics or advertising services.<\/p>\n\n<p>All audit reports (including PDF exports) are generated and stored locally on the site unless \nexplicitly exported by the administrator.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External Services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to external APIs to analyze website sustainability metrics. These services are required for carbon footprint calculation and green hosting verification.<\/p>\n\n<h3>The Green Web Foundation API<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Verifies whether a website is hosted on infrastructure powered by renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Sent:<\/strong> The domain name or URL being audited (e.g., <code>example.com<\/code>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>When Sent:<\/strong> Each time a user runs a sustainability audit or checks green hosting status.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service Provider:<\/strong> The Green Web Foundation (non-profit)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.thegreenwebfoundation.org\/about\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.thegreenwebfoundation.org\/privacy-statement\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Website Carbon API<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Estimates CO\u2082 emissions, energy consumption, and environmental impact of web pages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data Sent:<\/strong> The public URL being analyzed and basic page metrics (e.g., page size in bytes).<\/li>\n<li><strong>When Sent:<\/strong> Each time a carbon calculation is performed via the plugin dashboard or report generation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service Provider:<\/strong> Wholegrain Digital \/ Website Carbon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.websitecarbon.com\/terms\/<\/li>\n<li><strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.websitecarbon.com\/privacy\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd12 <strong>Important Notes:<\/strong>\n- No personal data, user information, or PII is ever transmitted to these services.\n- Only the public URL\/domain being audited is sent \u2014 identical to what any visitor or crawler would see.\n- All API calls are made server-side from your WordPress installation; end-users' browsers do not connect directly to these services.\n- If external connectivity is blocked, the plugin will display a clear error message and skip the external analysis step.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Third Party Libraries<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin bundles DOMPDF (https:\/\/github.com\/dompdf\/dompdf),\nlicensed under the MIT License.\nLicense: GPLv2 or later<\/p>\n\n<p>It also includes:\n- masterminds\/html5 (MIT)\n- phenx\/php-font-lib (MIT)\n- phenx\/php-svg-lib (MIT)\n- sabberworm\/php-css-parser (MIT)<\/p>\n\n<p>All bundled libraries are unmodified and used in compliance with their licenses.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Carbon calculation methodology: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.websitecarbon.com\">Website Carbon Calculator<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li>Icons: <a href=\"https:\/\/heroicons.com\">Heroicons<\/a> (MIT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Author<\/h3>\n\n<p>Developed by Tariq Tahir \u2014 advocate for ethical, sustainable technology.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf10 https:\/\/ecowebtools.org<br \/>\n\u2709\ufe0f tariq@ecowebtools.org<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New<\/strong> in your WordPress admin.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Upload Plugin<\/strong>, then choose <code>greenaudit.zip<\/code>.\n<em>(Or manually upload the <code>greenaudit<\/code> folder to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> via FTP.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the new <strong>GreenAudit<\/strong> menu item in the left sidebar to run your first audit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20send%20my%20data%20to%20third%20parties%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin send my data to third parties?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Page analysis is done via an anonymous API call (only URL + page size sent \u2014 no personal\/user data). 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