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Privacy policy

Plain-language version: we collect what's needed to run a local car marketplace, we don't sell your data, and you can export or delete it whenever you want.

What we collect

  • Account basics: your username, email address, and general location (city and region) so buyers can see how far away you are.
  • Listing content: photos, descriptions, prices, part numbers and fitment details you choose to publish.
  • Activity: searches, saved listings, messages sent through autoshoppe, and the transactions used to build seller reputation.
  • Technical data: device type, browser, and approximate location derived from your IP address to keep local results relevant.

What is public

  • Your username, profile photo, city, seller badges, reputation score and verified reviews are public.
  • Your listings, wanted posts, group posts and build showcases are public unless you set them otherwise in Settings.
  • Your exact address, phone number and email address are never published. Contact happens through autoshoppe messaging until you choose to share more.

How we use it

  • To run the marketplace: showing listings near you, ranking featured items, and connecting buyers with sellers.
  • To build trust: verifying completed transactions, calculating reputation, and detecting scams or duplicate accounts.
  • To communicate: offer notifications, replies, and — only if you opt in — the weekly local digest.

What we never do

  • We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
  • We do not share your identity with advertisers. Sponsored posts are labelled and targeted by category and region only.
  • We do not read your private messages for advertising purposes. We review reported conversations for safety only.

Cookies and analytics

  • Essential cookies keep you signed in and remember your theme, radius and saved listings.
  • Analytics cookies count page views in aggregate so we can fix what's broken. You can decline these without losing features.

Your rights and controls

  • Access and export: request a copy of your data at any time from Settings.
  • Correction: edit your profile, listings and location whenever you like.
  • Deletion: close your account from Settings. Listings, messages and saved searches are removed; verified reviews stay on the other party's profile in anonymised form. Closure becomes permanent after 30 days.
  • Objection: turn off personalized sponsored posts, search-engine indexing, and marketing email in Settings.

Data retention and security

  • Active account data is kept while your account is open. Transaction records are kept for up to seven years where required for tax and dispute handling.
  • Data is encrypted in transit, and access is limited to the small team that needs it to operate the marketplace.

Children

  • autoshoppe is not intended for anyone under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Changes to this policy

  • If we make a material change we'll notify you by email and in-product before it takes effect. The date below reflects the current version.

Last updated 11 August 2026. autoshoppe is currently a demo marketplace with sample listings; this policy describes how the live service handles data.