Privacy Policy

1Who we are

DineTracer ("we", "us") operates a business-to-business platform that turns public government records — liquor-license filings, building and food-service permits, and health inspections — into early-stage sales leads about U.S. restaurants and food businesses, for suppliers who sell to them. This policy explains what personal information we collect from you, our account holder, and how we handle it.

2Information we collect

• Account information. When you create an account with email/password or with Google sign-in, we collect your email address and, from Google, your basic profile (name and, if provided, profile picture). Passwords are stored only as salted hashes; Google accounts have no password with us.
• Payment information. Credit purchases are processed by Stripe. We do not see or store your full card number; we retain only a record of the transaction and your credit balance.
• Usage & technical data. We record actions you take (searches, exports, alerts), session cookies that keep you signed in, and limited technical data (IP address, request timing) used for security, abuse prevention, and reliability.
• Anti-bot verification. Sign-in and sign-up use Cloudflare Turnstile, which may receive your IP address and interaction signals to distinguish humans from bots.

3Information about businesses (our lead data)

The leads in the product describe businesses and are compiled from public government records and the businesses' own public information. We do not build profiles of private individuals, and we do not source data from people-search services or from scraping social networks. Where a business's public phone or website is included, it comes from public filings or the business's own listing.

4How we use your information

• To create and authenticate your account and keep you signed in.
• To provide the service — run searches, generate exports and reports, and deliver the email alerts you configure.
• To process credit purchases and maintain your balance and transaction history.
• To secure the service, prevent fraud and abuse, and comply with law.
• To contact you about your account, purchases, or important service changes.

5Google user data

If you sign in with Google, we request only the email, profile, and openid scopes, and we use that information solely to create and authenticate your DineTracer account. DineTracer's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not use Google user data for advertising, and we do not sell it.

6How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us run the product, under contract and only as needed:

• Google — sign-in (OAuth) and Places/Maps data for enrichment.
• Stripe — payment processing.
• Cloudflare — anti-bot (Turnstile) and network security.
• Render (hosting) and Supabase (database) — running and storing the app.
• An email delivery provider for alerts and account emails.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights or users' safety, or in connection with a merger or acquisition.

7Data retention

We keep your account and transaction records for as long as your account is active and as needed for legal, accounting, and fraud-prevention purposes. You can ask us to delete your account (see Section 9).

8Security

We protect data in transit with HTTPS, hash passwords, restrict access to data you own, verify anti-bot challenges on authentication, and follow least-privilege practices. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

9Your rights & choices

You may access or update your account information, and you may request that we delete your account and associated personal data by emailing us at louiev065@gmail.com. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights (such as access, correction, deletion, or portability); contact us and we will honor applicable requests.

10Cookies

We use a single essential session cookie to keep you signed in. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

11Children

DineTracer is a business tool intended for users 18 and older. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

12Changes

We may update this policy; when we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify you.

13Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email louiev065@gmail.com.