geo.wpforms.com: Tracking Form Submissions

WPForms uses geo.wpforms.com to track user location and form submission data, collecting personal input for analytics. This invades your privacy by profiling your responses. Here’s the full scope.

What Is geo.wpforms.com?

This subdomain supports WPForms’ geolocation and analytics, tracking data from form submissions. As Privacy Auditors, we warn of data collection tied to personal input.

Data It Collects

When you submit a WPForms form, it grabs:

• Geolocation: Tracks rough location from IP data.
• IP Address: Tracks your network location.
• Form Data: Logs responses, including personal details if entered.
• Device Info: Captures browser, OS, and hardware type.
• Session Data: Records timestamps and session IDs.

This builds a profile of your form interactions.

Who Gets Your Data?

WPForms shares with:

• Website owner: Using WPForms for form analytics.
• Third-party analytics provider: For user behavior analysis.
• Cloud hosting provider: Storing form data.
• Government entity: Upon legal request, sharing IP or form data.

How to Protect Yourself

At Privacy Auditors, we defend your privacy. Here’s how to minimize tracking:

• Avoid Personal Data: Don’t enter identifiable info in forms.
• VPN: Mask your IP to hide location data.
• Tracker Blockers: Stop scripts from geo.wpforms.com.
• Fake Data: Use non-identifiable info if submission is required.

Use these steps to keep your form data private.

Sources

• WPForms Privacy Policy: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/

This is a legal disclaimer. All information is provided for educational purposes only.