Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect only the data we need to operate the Service.

From your account / sign-in:

• Identity and profile data — such as your user ID, username, display name or avatar, and the email address associated with your account or third-party sign-in.
• Authentication data — granted under the scopes you approve at sign-in. If you sign in through a third-party provider, we do not see your password for that provider.
• Entitlement data — your subscription tier and any community membership used to determine which features you can access.
• Mobile purchase data — subscription products, transactions, renewal and expiration information, and purchase history used to validate purchases, restore access, and understand subscription performance. RevenueCat links this information to your Scavenger account ID after you sign in.

Automatically collected:

• Technical data — browser type, device type, operating system, IP address, and similar information used to operate the Service and prevent abuse. Some of this information can be linked to your account or device.
• Usage data — pages visited, features used, search queries, and aggregate interaction patterns used to improve the product.
• Approximate location — we may derive an approximate city/region from your IP address to surface nearby store inventory and offers.
• Mobile notifications — if you allow notifications, we store a push notification token with your account and device platform so we can deliver alerts. Notification permission can be changed in your device settings.

Information you provide:

• ZIP code — if you enter one to find nearby stores, deals, or free-food offers.
• Full address and location data — if you enter a location to find nearby stores, we use and save your street address, optional unit or apartment number, city, state, ZIP code, Google Place ID, and exact latitude and longitude with your account. We use this information to rank nearby stores, then display their available inventory for you.
• Saved deals, watchlists, monitors, reports — the items, stores, and search criteria you choose to track inside the app.
• Preferences — settings such as auto-deal filters, language, streamer mode, and UI options.
• Browser precise location — only if you explicitly grant browser permission through a site feature (for example, “Use My Precise Location”).

2. How We Use Your Information

• To authenticate your session and tie it to your account identity.
• To determine which features you have access to based on your subscription tier and any community membership.
• To deliver core functionality: deal feeds, penny detection, monitoring, watchlists, saved lists, free-food offers, reports, store lookups, and search.
• To send transactional notifications related to your watchlist, monitored items, free-food alerts, or account.
• To process subscription payments through our payment provider.
• To analyze usage, detect abuse, prevent scraping or automated misuse, and improve the product.
• To send Scavenger marketing emails to people who opt in, including offers relevant to their subscription and selected area.
• To record referrals to Scavenger and calculate the commissions owed to the affiliates who referred customers.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use your email for advertising targeting and do not share it with advertisers.

Our native mobile apps do not use your data to track you across other companies' apps or websites for targeted advertising or advertising measurement, and we do not share mobile-app data with data brokers. Account-linked data used to run Scavenger, analyze subscriptions, send our own opted-in communications, or maintain internal referral records remains subject to this policy.

3. Data Storage and Retention

Your account identity, entitlements, saved deals, monitored items, reports, preferences, and saved address and location data are stored in our backend infrastructure (hosted with U.S. cloud providers) and linked to your account ID.

Anonymous browser data such as splash-screen state, UI preferences, the penny disclaimer acceptance flag, and certain feature flags are stored in your browser's localStorage.

During website address-first onboarding, before account activation, Google Maps receives your address query and our location service receives the address details and coordinates needed to choose nearby preview stores. We temporarily keep your full street address, optional unit or apartment number, city, state, ZIP code, Google Place ID, exact latitude and longitude, and selected nearby stores in localStorage. The record is eligible for use for up to two hours, is uploaded to your account after successful activation, and is removed after a successful save, an account or email mismatch, an abandoned preview, or the next time the app reads an expired record.

Our native apps store the sign-in session, onboarding answers, and preferences on your device. Onboarding answers such as your ZIP code and selected stores are saved to your account after sign-in. Signing out removes the local sign-in session; deleting an account through the native app also clears the app's stored account data on that device after a successful deletion.

We retain account-linked data indefinitely by default, including after your Scavenger AI access ends or you stop using the Service. Losing entitlement or revoking a third-party sign-in does not automatically delete your stored data. If you want your account-linked data removed, you must submit a deletion request (see Section 5). Limited records may be retained even after a deletion request where required for tax, fraud-prevention, or legal purposes.

4. Communications and Alerts

Scavenger AI may send you in-app or email notifications related to features you have explicitly opted into, such as watchlist alerts, monitored-item price changes, free-food alerts, and high-priority penny notifications.

• You can disable alerts at any time from within the app settings.
• If you opt in, we also send marketing and promotional emails about Scavenger. You can withdraw that consent using the unsubscribe option in those emails or by contacting support@scavenger.ai. Essential account and transaction messages may still be sent.
• Service announcements and community updates are typically posted through the Scavenger AI community rather than emailed.

5. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your Scavenger AI account at any time.

• In the iOS or Android app: open Settings, select Delete account, and confirm the deletion. This deletes your Scavenger account, including access through the website. If deletion fails or you cannot sign in, contact support@scavenger.ai for help.
• Full data deletion: contact the Scavenger AI support team at support@scavenger.ai or through the official Scavenger AI community and request account deletion. We will remove your account-linked data from our active systems.
• Deleting your Scavenger account does not cancel a paid subscription. Cancel through Apple, Google Play, or the service where you subscribed to prevent future renewal charges.

Signing out or revoking third-party sign-in access does not delete your account. Limited records may be retained as described in Section 3, and payment providers may retain transaction records under their own policies and legal obligations.

6. Cookies and Local Storage

Scavenger AI uses cookies and similar technologies for essential functionality:

• Authentication cookies — required to keep you signed in. Without them you cannot use the Service.
• Preference cookies and localStorage — remember UI choices, splash-screen state, and similar non-sensitive settings. During pre-activation address onboarding, localStorage also temporarily holds your full address, optional unit, Google Place ID, coordinates, and selected nearby stores. The record is eligible for two hours, is uploaded after successful activation, and is removed on save, mismatch, abandonment, or the next app read after expiry.
• Service worker storage — we may register a service worker to provide offline resilience and faster loads. You can clear it from your browser's site-data controls.

You may block or clear cookies and localStorage through your browser settings, but doing so may prevent Scavenger AI from working correctly.

7. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services to operate Scavenger AI. Infrastructure and communications providers process information for us; sign-in providers, app stores, and payment services also have their own privacy policies.

Authentication and identity

Sign-in and basic profile data may be handled through a third-party provider (such as Apple, Google, or Discord, where available). Supabase handles our account and backend services. We do not receive your Apple Account password when you use Sign in with Apple. Your interactions with a sign-in provider are governed by its own privacy policy.

Payment processing

Native subscriptions are purchased through Apple's App Store or Google Play. RevenueCat processes purchase and subscription records and our app user identifiers to validate purchases, restore access, provide Pro features, and analyze subscriptions. Website subscriptions may use Whop. We do not store full card numbers. Each payment provider's handling of payment data is governed by its own privacy policy.

Email and notifications

Resend delivers sign-in codes and account emails. We use Instantly for our own marketing communications, which may include account, subscription, and selected-area information to personalize messages. Expo and platform push services, including Apple Push Notification service and Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android, deliver mobile alerts using device notification tokens.

Referrals to Scavenger

When someone refers you to Scavenger, we may record the referral link, activity on our own website, account signup, and qualifying subscription transactions to attribute the referral and calculate commissions. These internal records can be linked to your account, including when you later sign in on mobile. Affiliates receive commission reporting and payments; our account-level referral reports are restricted to our administrators.

Google Maps address services

When you use address suggestions or ask us to verify an address, your address query is sent to Google Maps Platform for address autocomplete and geocoding. Google returns address details, a Google Place ID, and geographic coordinates. Before activation, we send the resulting address details and coordinates to our location service to choose nearby preview stores; after store selection, we display available inventory. After successful account activation, the location data described in Section 1 is saved with your account. Google's handling of address queries is governed by its own privacy policy.

Affiliate links

Certain outbound product links are monetized through affiliate programs, and we may earn a commission when you click a link or make a qualifying purchase. When you click an affiliate link, the affiliate partner may collect data such as IP address, device type, click timestamp, and referral information to attribute commissions. This data collection is governed by the affiliate partner's own privacy policy. Affiliate commissions are paid by the retailer or affiliate partner at no additional cost to you. Your account identity is never shared with affiliate partners.

Retail and offer data

Scavenger AI queries publicly available retailer pricing, inventory, store, and offer data to power its features. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any retailer unless explicitly stated.

8. Your Privacy Rights (U.S. Residents)

Depending on your state of residence — including under laws such as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia CDPA, Colorado CPA, and similar statutes — you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or port the personal information we hold about you, and to opt out of certain data uses.

• We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
• We do share limited data with service providers (payment processor, affiliate networks, infrastructure) strictly to operate the Service.
• You may exercise any of these rights by contacting Scavenger AI support at support@scavenger.ai or through the official Scavenger AI community. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.

9. Children's Privacy

Scavenger AI is not directed to children under 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, post a notice in-app or through the Scavenger AI community. Continued use of Scavenger AI after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact the Scavenger AI support team at support@scavenger.ai or through the official Scavenger AI community.