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Privacy Policy

Last updated November 12, 2026

This explains what Barter My Business collects, why, and who else handles it. We collect what the service needs to work and we do not sell personal information.

What we collect

• Account: your email address, and your name and email from Google if you sign in with Google.
• Business profile: business name, category, address, neighbourhood, city, map position, what you offer with the values you state, and what you are looking for.
• From Google: if you pick your business from the Google lookup, its listing ID, address, location, rating and number of ratings.
• Activity: offers you send and receive, messages, Barter Summaries, when you agreed to them, reviews, reports you file, invites you create, and sponsored cards you buy.
• Payments: Stripe collects and stores your card details. We receive a customer reference, your membership status and renewal date, and payment references. We never see or store your full card number.
• City waitlist: the city you entered and, if you gave it, your email.
• Technical: standard server logs kept by our hosting provider, such as IP address, browser type and the pages requested.

Cookies

We use cookies that are needed for the service to work: one that keeps you signed in, and a short-lived one that remembers an invite link you arrived through. We do not use advertising cookies or sell data to advertisers.

How we use it

• To run the directory: show your business to other signed-in members, match what you offer with what others want, and work out distances.
• To carry offers, messages and Barter Summaries between you and the businesses you deal with.
• To take payment and manage your membership.
• To send sign-in codes and messages about your account or your trades.
• To review reports and sponsored cards, prevent abuse, and keep the service secure.
• To understand, in aggregate, how the service is used so we can improve it.

What other members can see

• Signed-in members can see your business profile: name, category, neighbourhood and city, map pin, offers and stated values, what you are looking for, your Google rating, published reviews, and a Verified badge if you have one.
• A business you trade with can also see the messages, offers and Barter Summaries you exchange with it.
• Someone you invite sees your business name, category, city and what you offer, on a page reachable only with the link you send.
• Private to you: your email address, your wishlist of invited businesses, and who you have reported. A business you report is not told who reported it.

Companies that handle data for us

• Supabase: database and sign-in.
• Vercel: website hosting.
• Stripe: payments and billing.
• Google Maps Platform: business lookup. The business name or address you type is sent to Google to find a match.
• Resend: delivery of sign-in and account emails.
• OpenStreetMap: map images. Your browser requests map tiles directly from the map provider, which sees your IP address.

Each handles data under its own terms and only to provide its service to us. We also disclose information when the law requires it or to protect the rights and safety of members, the public or Barter My Business.

How long we keep it

We keep your account and profile for as long as your account is open. If you close it, we remove your profile from the directory. Records of agreed barters, payments and reports may be kept for as long as needed for the other business involved, for tax and accounting, and to deal with disputes or abuse.

Your choices

• Edit your business profile at any time from Me.
• Ask for a copy of your information, a correction, or deletion of your account by emailing us. We will respond within 30 days.
• Depending on where you live, you may have further rights under your state's privacy law; contact us to use them.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit. Access to each record is limited by database rules, so that, for example, only the two businesses in a conversation can read it. No system is perfectly secure; if we learn of a breach affecting your information we will tell you as the law requires.

Children

The service is for business owners and is not directed at anyone under 18.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app or by email before the change takes effect.

Contact

Questions about this page: hello@bartermybusiness.com.