SeattleOnly Privacy Policy
Effective date:15 September 2025
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Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how SeattleOnly (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use our website, apps, and services (the “Service”). By using the Service, you agree to this Policy and our Terms of Service.
Information We Collect
- Account & Profile: name/handle, email, password (hashed), neighborhood, profile details, preferences.
- Content: posts, messages, comments, photos, reactions, reports, and business page content you create.
- Usage & Device: IP address, device/browser type, pages viewed, referring/exit pages, timestamps, approximate location derived from IP, and diagnostic logs.
- Cookies & Similar Tech: to keep you signed in, remember preferences, measure performance, and help prevent spam/abuse.
- Business & Payments (optional): if you purchase optional features or ads, we collect necessary billing details via our payment provider; card data is processed by that provider, not stored by us.
How We Use Information
- Provide, secure, and improve the Service (including moderation and fraud/spam prevention).
- Personalize your experience (e.g., neighborhood feeds, saved items, followed businesses).
- Operate free business pages and optional paid features/advertising (ads are not shown inside neighborhood feeds).
- Communicate with you about account, updates, safety notices, and—if you opt in—news or promotions.
- Analytics to understand aggregate usage and performance.
Legal Bases (where applicable)
We process information to perform our contract with you, for our legitimate interests (running, protecting, and improving the Service), with your consent (e.g., marketing emails), and to comply with legal obligations.
How We Share Information
- Service Providers: hosting, analytics, email delivery, payments, security, and moderation vendors bound to protect your data.
- Community Visibility: your posts, comments, profile name/handle, and business pages are visible to other users consistent with your settings and the placement where you post.
- Safety & Legal: to comply with law, enforce our Terms, or protect rights, safety, and property.
- Business Transfers: in a merger, acquisition, or asset transfer, subject to this Policy.
We do not sell your personal information.
Advertising & Sponsored Content
We may offer optional paid ads and upgraded business features to support operating costs. Ads will not appear within neighborhood feeds. Sponsored content (e.g., business listings or promotions) will be labeled where practical.
Your Choices
- Account: update profile and settings from your account page.
- Emails: opt out of non-essential emails via the unsubscribe link (we may still send transactional/safety messages).
- Cookies: most browsers let you block or delete cookies; the Service may not work properly without them.
- Do Not Track: we currently do not respond to DNT signals.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or portability of your data, or to object/restrict certain processing. To exercise rights, email . We may verify your request and may decline where allowed by law (e.g., when we must retain data for security, legal, or transactional reasons).
Data Retention
We keep information for as long as needed to provide the Service and for legitimate business or legal purposes (e.g., security logs, abuse prevention, accounting). We may retain limited backups for a reasonable period.
Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information. No system is 100% secure; please use strong, unique passwords and report suspected issues to .
Children’s Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us to remove it.
User-Generated Content & Moderation
Content you post may be visible to others. For community safety, moderators may review and remove content that violates our Terms or community standards. Report concerns in-product or via email.
International Transfers
We are U.S.-based. If you access the Service from outside the U.S., you consent to processing and storage of your information in the U.S. and other countries where our providers operate.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. The “Effective date” above shows the latest version. Material changes will be posted on this page; continued use means you accept the updated Policy.