1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly

We may collect information you choose to provide when using GarageSaleTrails, including:

• Account information: your name, email address, and login details when you create an account.
• Listing information: sale title, address, city, province, postal code, dates, times, description, sale type, tags, and photos when you post a garage sale or listing.
• Profile information: display name, avatar, or other profile details you choose to add.
• Contact information: information you provide when you contact us for support or send us a question.
• Referral information: referral codes or related activity when you use our referral features.

Information collected automatically

We may automatically collect limited technical and usage information, including:

• Location information: your approximate or precise location when you choose to use location-based features, such as “Use My Location.”
• Device and app information: device type, browser type, operating system, app version, and general usage activity.
• Map and search activity: city searches, radius selections, map interactions, saved sales, and listing views.
• Push notification tokens: if you enable notifications, we may store a device token to send app notifications.
• Cookies and similar technologies: our website may use cookies or similar tools for functionality, analytics, security, and performance.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information to operate, improve, and protect GarageSaleTrails. This includes using information to:

• Create and manage user accounts.
• Display garage sale listings, business listings, and map pins.
• Show listings near a selected city, address, postal code, or current location.
• Enable users to post, edit, save, and browse listings.
• Provide directions and map-based functionality.
• Send push notifications if you choose to enable them.
• Operate referral codes, QR codes, and referral tracking.
• Improve site performance, app functionality, user experience, and safety.
• Respond to support requests and user questions.
• Prevent misuse, fraud, spam, and unauthorized access.
• Comply with legal obligations where required.

3. Public Listings

When you post a garage sale or listing, certain information is intended to be public. This may include the listing title, address or approximate location, city, sale dates, times, description, sale type, tags, and photos.

Do not include personal information in a public listing that you do not want other users to see. For safety, avoid posting sensitive personal details in listing descriptions or photos.

4. Location Information

GarageSaleTrails uses location information to help users find sales nearby, display listings on a map, and provide directions.

We collect your location only when you choose to use location-based features or grant location permission through your browser or mobile device. You can deny or disable location access through your browser or device settings. If location access is disabled, you can still use GarageSaleTrails by manually entering a city, postal code, or search area.

We do not use location information to track your movement continuously in the background unless a future app feature clearly asks for permission and explains how that feature works.

5. Push Notifications

If you enable push notifications, we may use a device notification token to send alerts about nearby sales, saved sales, referral updates, app updates, or other GarageSaleTrails activity.

You can disable notifications at any time through your device settings or app notification settings.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only as needed to operate GarageSaleTrails, provide core functionality, comply with the law, or protect our service.

We may share information with:

• Service providers: companies that help us operate the website, app, database, authentication, storage, maps, notifications, analytics, hosting, security, and support.
• Mapping providers: services used to display maps, geocode addresses, and provide directions.
• Database and authentication providers: services used to securely store listings, accounts, and app data.
• Notification providers: services used to send mobile or web push notifications.
• Legal or safety purposes: when required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of GarageSaleTrails, our users, or others.

7. Third-Party Services

GarageSaleTrails may use third-party services to help operate the website and app. These may include services such as Supabase for database and authentication, Mapbox for maps and location functionality, Firebase for push notifications or app services, and other hosting, analytics, or security tools.

These third-party services may process information according to their own privacy policies, terms, and security practices. We recommend reviewing their policies if you want more detail about how those providers handle data.

8. Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide GarageSaleTrails, maintain accounts and listings, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent misuse, and enforce our terms.

You may delete or deactivate your listings where available. To request account deletion or removal of personal information, contact us using the email address below.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to help protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no website, app, database, or online service can guarantee complete security.

You are responsible for keeping your account login details secure and for using a strong password where applicable.

10. Children’s Privacy

GarageSaleTrails is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

11. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or request information about the personal information we hold about you.

You can also control certain information through your device or browser settings, including:

• Location permissions.
• Push notification permissions.
• Cookie and browser storage settings.
• App permissions and account settings.

To make a privacy request, contact us at the email address below.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and may provide additional notice where appropriate.