Privacy Policy

Version: 1.1 Date: 2026-05-22

We collect as little about you as we can. We don't run analytics, we don't sell or share your data, and we don't build a profile on you. The handful of things we do collect, we collect because we genuinely need them to run a yard sale walk.

If anything below is unclear, use our contact form and we'll explain in plain English.

What we collect

If you sign up to sell, we ask for your name, email, home address, and what you'll be selling. Your name and address show on the public walk map so shoppers can find you. Your email stays private.

If you organize a walk, we ask for your name, email, a password, a phone number, an optional short bio, and a payout address. The payout address goes to our payment processor (Stripe) so they can verify you and send your payouts. None of this is public.

If you subscribe to walk alerts, we just need your email. For nearby-walk alerts we also store a postal code so we can tell when a walk is near you.

If you're just browsing, we don't collect anything personal. We count page visits anonymously.

Who we share data with

To run the service we use a small number of service providers. Each one only sees what it needs to do its job:

• Stripe, our payment processor. They handle card payments and pay organizers their share. Stripe's privacy policy.
• An email delivery service sends our transactional emails (sign-in links, confirmations, reminders).
• An address and map service powers the address autocomplete and the maps you see on a walk page.
• An AI service powers our help chat and helps categorize the items you list. The question or description you type goes to them; nothing else does.

We don't sell your data. We don't share it for marketing. We don't share it with social platforms.

How long we keep your information

We keep personal information only as long as we need it. Seller contact details (name, email, address) are removed 6 months after the walk you signed up for, long enough that we can help with any post-event question or dispute, then gone. Payment records are kept for 7 years, as required by Canadian tax law. Email subscribers stay on the list until they unsubscribe.

Your rights

Under BC's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and Canada's PIPEDA, you can:

• See what we have on you. Use the contact form; we'll send it within 30 days.
• Correct anything wrong. Same form; we'll fix it.
• Delete your account and everything tied to it (except the 7-year payment record we're required to keep).
• Unsubscribe from any email with one click.

Cookies

One sign-in cookie so you stay signed in, and a short-lived attribution cookie on walk pages so we can tell which flyer or QR code you came from. No third-party cookies.

Children

Yard Sale Walk is for adults (18+). If a child wants to sell, a parent signs up for them.

Security

All traffic is HTTPS. Passwords are stored as salted hashes (we never see them). Card numbers go straight to Stripe; we never see or store them. Our servers are in Canada.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always on this page.

Questions

Use the contact form.