🔒 Hot Yards™ Privacy Policy ⸻ 1. Overview Hot Yards, LLC (“Hot Yards,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect information when you use our website, app, and services (collectively, the “Platform”). If you’re here because you posted a garage sale and are now panicking about what we know — relax. We built this thing to help people find cool junk, not spy on them. (We barely have time to moderate yard gnome photos.) ⸻ 2. Information We Collect We collect the following information: • Account Info: Name, email, optional profile info • Listings Info: Sale titles, descriptions, dates, photos, payment details you voluntarily provide • Location Info: If you enable location services, we may use your location to help show nearby sales • Payment Info: If you purchase boost credits, our payment processor (Stripe) collects your billing info — we don't store any card numbers • Usage Data: Basic analytics to improve the platform (we use this to figure out why no one clicked on that retro lawn flamingo listing) ⸻ 3. How We Use Your Info We use your data to: • Display sales on the map • Help buyers find nearby events • Let sellers promote and manage their listings • Process boost credit purchases • Make the app not suck • Avoid legal problems (we hope) ⸻ 4. Auto-Deletion of Sale Data We get it — you don’t want your address or old sale showing up forever. Neither do we. So here’s what happens automatically, every time a sale ends: • ⏳ 3 days after your sale’s end date: • Your sale post is permanently deleted • Your address is removed from our system • All boosted visibility and promotional status is revoked • Map pins and location markers are cleared from all views • The sale is removed from the homepage and search results This applies to all users. If you want to delete your sale sooner, you can do that anytime in your account dashboard. ⸻ 5. Sharing of Data We do not sell your data, trade it, barter it, or exchange it for weird antiques. We may share limited info with: • Stripe, for billing and payment • Google Maps, for location-based display • Analytics providers, to help improve the app • Law enforcement, if you start listing suspicious barrels and claim it’s “yard art” ⸻ 6. Cookies and Tracking Yeah, we use cookies. No, not the good kind. Cookies help us remember who you are and show relevant stuff. You can disable them in your browser, but some features may break, cry, or ghost you. ⸻ 7. Your Rights You can: • Delete your account anytime • Edit or remove any listing • Email us to ask what data we have (spoiler: it’s mostly your sale info and maybe a screenshot of a VHS tape) ⸻ 8. Data Security We use standard encryption, secure databases, and responsible practices. That said, no platform is 100% secure — even the government gets hacked, and they have like, real resources. ⸻ 9. Children’s Privacy Hot Yards™ is not intended for children under 18. If your kid is using it to sell old Pokémon cards, we’re impressed — but also legally uncomfortable. ⸻ 10. Policy Changes We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll post it here, and if we feel fancy, we’ll email you too. ⸻ 11. Contact Questions, concerns, or bug-eyed lawn gnome complaints? Email: privacy@hotyards.com ⸻ TL;DR Version: • We collect what we need to help people find yard sales • We don’t sell your data • All sale listings auto-delete 3 days after they end • Don’t list anything illegal • Please stop posting blurry photos of VHS tapes