Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

My Garage Sale Finder respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we may use it, and the choices you may have when using our website and related features.

By using My Garage Sale Finder, submitting information, searching for sales, or signing up for alerts, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you use the website, including:

• Email address.
• City, ZIP code, or preferred sale alert location.
• Information submitted through contact forms or alert signup forms.
• Garage sale, yard sale, estate sale, moving sale, or listing information you submit.
• Any other information you choose to provide through the website.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or interact with the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address and approximate location.
• Browser type, device type, and operating system.
• Pages viewed and website interactions.
• Referral sources and advertising campaign information.
• Date, time, and general usage activity.

This information helps us understand how visitors use the website and improve the user experience.

4. Location Information

Some website features may use city, ZIP code, IP-based location, browser location access, or map-related information to help show nearby garage sales, estate sales, yard sales, moving sales, or directions.

If your browser asks for location permission, you may choose whether to allow or deny access. If location access is denied, some features may use a city, ZIP code, or approximate location instead.

5. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

• Provide garage sale alerts and related updates.
• Display nearby sale listings and location-based content.
• Respond to inquiries and form submissions.
• Improve website performance, design, and usability.
• Analyze website activity and advertising performance.
• Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, or misuse of the website.
• Operate, maintain, and improve My Garage Sale Finder.

6. Email Communications

If you sign up for garage sale alerts, we may send emails about nearby garage sales, yard sales, estate sales, moving sales, website updates, or related information.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or alert emails by using the unsubscribe link or instructions included in those emails, where available.

7. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, advertising tools, and similar technologies to understand visitor behavior, measure performance, improve the website, and support advertising campaigns.

These tools may collect information about your device, browser, pages viewed, clicks, and other interactions with the website.

8. Advertising and Analytics Partners

We may use third-party services such as website hosting providers, analytics providers, advertising platforms, map providers, automation tools, email tools, and similar service providers to help operate and improve the website.

These third parties may process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.

9. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with trusted service providers that help us operate the website, process forms, send alerts, analyze traffic, provide maps or directions, measure advertising, prevent abuse, or manage communications.

We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect our rights, users, website, or others.

10. User-Submitted Sale Information

If you submit a sale listing or related information, that information may be displayed publicly on the website or used to help visitors find the sale. Please do not submit private information that you do not want displayed or shared.

We may edit, remove, hide, decline, or update submitted information at our discretion.

11. Third-Party Links, Maps, and Services

The website may include links to third-party websites, map services, directions, images, forms, or other external tools. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites or services.

Your use of third-party services is subject to those third parties’ own terms and privacy policies.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no website, internet transmission, email system, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You use the website and submit information at your own risk.

13. Data Retention

We may retain information for as long as reasonably needed to operate the website, provide alerts, maintain records, analyze performance, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our terms.

14. Your Choices

You may choose not to submit certain information. However, some website features may not work properly without that information.

• You may unsubscribe from emails where an unsubscribe option is provided.
• You may deny browser location access when prompted.
• You may adjust cookie settings through your browser.
• You may contact us through the Contact Us page with privacy-related questions.

15. Children’s Privacy

My Garage Sale Finder is not intended for children under 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, please contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When updates are made, we may revise the “Last updated” date on this page. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the Contact Us page.