Privacy Policy

Neighborhood Post is a local marketplace platform designed to help people buy, sell, trade, and connect with neighbors in their community.

Information We Collect

When you create an account, we may collect basic account information such as your first name, last name, username, email address, phone number, city, and state.

Your username may be visible to other users. Your first and last name are used for account trust and administrative review and are not intended to be displayed publicly.

We may also collect information related to listings, messages, saved listings, neighbor connections, reports, and moderation activity.

For fraud prevention, we record approximate sign-up location (country, region, and city, derived from your IP address), a one-way hashed version of your IP address (never the IP address itself), and your browser's locale settings (timezone and language). This information is used only to flag accounts for manual review and is never sold or used for advertising.

How We Use Information

• Create and manage user accounts
• Display marketplace listings
• Allow users to message each other
• Help users build local trust through neighbor connections
• Review reports and moderate unsafe or inappropriate activity
• Improve the safety and reliability of the platform

Public Information

Some information may be visible to other users, including your username, public profile details, listing information, listing photos, general location, and marketplace activity related to listings you create.

Your public profile and listings may also show general response-time information and how many items you've sold.

Do not include private personal information in listing descriptions, messages, or photos.

Messages

Messages between users are private to those users. They are automatically checked for a list of phrases commonly used in scams (payment methods like gift cards or wire transfers, verification codes, and similar), and a match may be reviewed by the site administrator.

No message is blocked or delayed by this check. The site owner can already access the database directly — this check does not change who could see what, it changes what gets looked at.

Phone Numbers and Verification

Phone numbers may be collected to support account trust, reduce spam, and help verify local users. Phone numbers are not intended to be publicly displayed.

Data Sharing

We do not sell user data.

We may share information if required by law, to protect the safety of users, to investigate misuse of the platform, or to operate the service through trusted technology providers.

User Responsibility

Users are responsible for the information they choose to post, send, or share. Avoid sharing sensitive personal information with other users.

Beta Notice

Neighborhood Post is currently in beta. Features, policies, and data practices may change as the platform is improved.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to: neighborhood.post@mail.com