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AutoclozBot

Our crawler identifies itself on every request and links here. This page tells you exactly what it reads, what it keeps, and the one line that stops it.

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What AutoclozBot is

AutoclozBot builds a business directory that Autocloz customers search to find companies to contact. It reads pages companies publish about themselves — team, about, leadership and contact pages — on their own public websites.

It identifies itself on every single request:

AutoclozBot/1.0 (+https://autocloz.com/bot)

How it behaves:

  • It reads robots.txt first, every time, and obeys it — including rules written for AutoclozBot by name, which take priority over your wildcard rules.
  • If your robots.txt cannot be reached, it does not crawl you at all. An unreachable rules file means “no”, per RFC 9309 — not “go ahead”.
  • If your server returns 5xx or 429, it stops. We do not add load to a site that is struggling or asking us to back off.
  • It waits between requests — your declared Crawl-delay if you set one, otherwise a default pause, and the wait happens before every request rather than only between successful ones.
  • It stops at the first page that answers. A handful of pages per site, at most, and it leaves as soon as it finds what it came for.
  • It stays on your host. If a link redirects off your domain, it stops rather than following.

What it collects

  • Company name, business address, business phone, website, and a general business email where one is published
  • Where a company publishes a team or leadership page: a person’s name, their job title, their employer, and the exact URL of the page it was read from

The source URL is stored on every record deliberately. If someone asks us where their data came from, we can answer with the page, and delete it properly.

What it never does

  • It does not log in, and it does not read anything behind a login, paywall or password
  • It does not scrape LinkedIn, or any site whose terms forbid crawling
  • It does not collect personal mobile numbers, home addresses, or anything about a person outside their professional role
  • It does not use breach data, and it does not buy contact lists
  • It does not use Google Maps or Bing data
  • It does not try to defeat rate limits, bot protection or CAPTCHAs

Blocking it

Add this to your robots.txt. It takes effect on our next visit, and it overrides any wildcard rule you have:

User-agent: AutoclozBot
Disallow: /

To allow the rest of your site but keep one area private, disallow just that path:

User-agent: AutoclozBot
Disallow: /team

Blocking the crawler stops future reads. It does not delete what we already hold — for that, use the removal request below.

Removing a record

Email privacy@autocloz.com with the name, company or domain you want removed. You do not need an Autocloz account, and you do not have to give a reason.

We remove the record and add it to a do-not-contact list so Autocloz customers cannot send to it. We respond within 5 business days and complete the removal within 30 days. If you are exercising a right under the GDPR, UK GDPR or India’s DPDP Act, say so and we will treat it as a formal request — see the prospecting data section of our privacy policy for the full detail, including our lawful basis and your right to complain to a supervisory authority.

Contact

Crawler behaviour, load complaints or a request to slow down: hello@autocloz.com
Data removal and privacy rights: privacy@autocloz.com
Data Protection Officer: dpo@autocloz.com

If AutoclozBot has caused a problem on your site, tell us and we will stop. We would rather hear from you than be blocked at your firewall.