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No personally identifiable information, login credentials, or sensitive user data is collected or transmitted.<\/p>\n\n<p>For transparency and compliance, you may refer to Google\u2019s policies:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\">Google Terms of Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\">Google Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin does not:\n- Track users\n- Store personal data\n- Send information to third parties (except the Gemini API prompt)<\/p>\n\n<p>All data remains within your WordPress environment except when calling the Gemini API, which only transmits the AI prompt and business details as defined by the site administrator.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin ZIP file to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the \"Plugins\" menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <code>AI Assistant &gt; Details<\/code> to enter your business information.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <code>AI Assistant &gt; Integration<\/code> to add your Gemini API key.<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s it! 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