Privacy
SaleTrail includes a public website and mobile app for finding local sales, managing your own listings, saving stops, using Track Me, and receiving alerts. This page explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how to request help or deletion.
Information We Collect
Account email and password credentials are handled through our authentication provider so users can sign in on the website and app, post sales, manage listings, and sync supported shopper tools. An optional home address may be stored when a user requests homeowner or address-management features. The mobile app creates a random installation identifier and private secret for anonymous feature continuity, listing ownership, alerts, moderation, and fraud prevention. It is not an Advertising ID, Android hardware identifier, or proof of a physical device.
Public Sale Posts And Locations
Public sale and event posts can include a title, description, event type, dates, public address, city, state, geocoded sale locations, photos or links when supported, and moderation status. Public addresses and map pins are visible to shoppers because they are required for the listing to work on the map, calendar, event pages, and directions flows.
Shopper Tools
SaleTrail may store or sync saved sales, visited history, private notes, alert settings, account profile settings, notification preferences, and limited app state needed to keep your shopper experience consistent across supported devices. Private notes are intended for the shopper and are not shown publicly.
Track Me And Location
Track Me collects precise or approximate location while you deliberately turn the feature on so it can keep drawing your Sale Trail even when the app is closed or not in use. Raw route points are not uploaded; they stay on your device and are not used for advertising. We may collect privacy-safe analytics summaries such as duration buckets, nearby sale counts, or interaction counts, but not your exact driving trail or raw GPS history. The current visible map area or foreground location may be processed transiently to select nearby sale and sponsored markers; this does not upload the Track Me route. You can stop Track Me and clear the route at any time.
Notifications And Alerts
If you turn on alerts, SaleTrail may store push notification tokens, followed areas, city or event alert preferences, and notification tags so we can send sale, event, Route 66, or admin-approved local updates. You can turn notifications off in the app or through your device settings.
Analytics, Moderation, And Sponsors
SaleTrail uses privacy-safe analytics to understand product interactions such as marker taps, saves, directions, posting funnel steps, content moderation blocks, app health, and reports. Raw analytics does not persist account or installation identity. A random event ID prevents retry double-counting, and a short-lived in-memory session may group events during one app or browser runtime. Raw analytics is retained for up to 90 days; de-identified aggregate sale and sponsor metrics may remain longer. Moderation data separately uses the private installation identifier to review abuse, duplicate listings, and repeated reports. Sponsor and advertising map markers may be shown to shoppers, and interactions with those placements may be measured without attaching the analytics event to an account or installation.
Service Providers And Retention
SaleTrail uses service providers for hosting and databases, authentication, email, push notifications, maps and geocoding, error diagnostics, web hosting, and release distribution. They process information for SaleTrail under their service terms rather than for independent advertising. We retain account and operational data while the account or feature is active, remove expired public listings from browsing, and retain limited anonymized moderation, security, legal, and deletion-audit records only as needed.
Your Choices And Deletion Requests
Account deletion unlinks the account from the random installation identifier but keeps that installation active and anonymous for feature continuity, moderation, and fraud prevention. In the mobile app, Delete anonymous device data separately removes the installation identifier and private device data after server verification; later anonymous use creates a new random installation identifier. Clear local data removes local shopper and analytics state without deleting the installation. Use /delete-account to request correction, removal, account deletion, listing deletion, or help with data associated with your email or anonymous device. You may also contact saletrailsupport@gmail.com. We may need enough information to find the listing, account, or device record. You can also reach SaleTrail through Facebook at The Sale Trail or Instagram at @the_sale_trail for general support requests, but privacy and deletion requests should be sent by email.