Privacy Policy

Welcome to Cleveland Marketplace. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your username and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site.
• Product and Content Data: Information you provide when you create a listing, including product name, description, price, category, condition, and uploaded images. This also includes comments you post on product pages and messages you send to other users.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Display your product listings to other users.
• Facilitate communication between you and other users through our messaging system.
• Enable user-to-user comments.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
• Protect the security and integrity of our platform.

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• With Other Users: When you post a listing or send a message, your username is visible to other users to facilitate communication and transactions.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We use Supabase as our backend provider for database, authentication, and storage services. Your data is stored on Supabase servers and is subject to their privacy and security practices.
• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

4. Your Choices and Rights

You have the right to review, change, or terminate your account at any time. You can:

• Edit your product listings via the "Edit" button on your items.
• Delete your product listings via the "Delete" button on your items.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures, including Supabase's built-in security features and Row Level Security policies, to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the messaging system available to registered users.