Service Delivery: We use your data to provide, maintain, and improve CardScout, including processing your collection data, calculating portfolio analytics, fetching market prices, and enabling core features like galleries and want lists.

Authentication and Security: We use your account information to authenticate you, prevent fraud, and protect the security of your account and our Service.

Subscription Management: We use your subscription information to process payments, manage your tier level, enforce tier limits (such as card limits for the Rookie tier), and send billing notifications.

Communication: We use your email address to send you important Service announcements, updates, support responses, and billing information. We may also send marketing emails about new features or promotions, which you can opt out of at any time.

Analytics and Improvement: We analyze usage patterns and feedback to understand how users interact with CardScout, identify areas for improvement, and develop new features. This analysis is performed on aggregated, anonymized data whenever possible.

Legal Compliance: We use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, including tax and financial reporting requirements.

Manus Platform: CardScout is hosted on the Manus platform, which acts as a data processor on our behalf. Manus processes your data according to the Manus Privacy Policy and our Data Processing Agreement.

Payment Processing: We share billing information with Stripe to process subscription payments. Stripe does not use your payment information for marketing purposes.

Market Data Integration: When you use features that fetch market prices, we may share card identifiers with eBay and SportsCardsPro APIs to retrieve current valuations. We do not share your personal account information with these services.

Service Providers: We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating CardScout, such as analytics providers, hosting providers, and customer support tools. These providers are contractually obligated to use your information only as necessary to provide services to CardScout.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or government request. We will attempt to notify you of such requests unless legally prohibited.

Business Transfers: If CardScout is acquired, merged, or sold, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice of any such change and any choices you may have regarding your information.

With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly consent to such sharing, such as when you authorize a third-party integration or share your gallery with other users.

Active Account Data: While your account is active, we retain your collection data, profile information, and usage history to provide the Service.

Deleted Account Data: If you delete your account, we will delete your personal information within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal, tax, or business purposes.

Transaction Records: We retain subscription and payment records for seven years to comply with tax and financial reporting requirements.

Aggregated Data: We may retain aggregated, anonymized data indefinitely for analytics and service improvement purposes.

Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. You can download your collection data at any time through the Settings page.

Correction: You can update or correct your profile information and collection data directly through the CardScout interface.

Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and associated data. We will delete your information within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

Portability: You can request your data in a portable format suitable for transfer to another service.

Opt-Out of Marketing: You can opt out of marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or adjusting your preferences in the Settings page.

Opt-Out of Cookies: You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of CardScout.

GDPR Rights (European Users): If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

CCPA Rights (California Users): If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know, delete, and opt-out of the sale of personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or through the Settings page.

Encryption: We use SSL/TLS encryption to protect data transmitted between your device and our servers. Sensitive data is encrypted at rest in our database.

Access Controls: Only authorized CardScout personnel and Manus infrastructure staff have access to your personal information, and access is limited to what is necessary to provide the Service.

Security Monitoring: We continuously monitor our systems for security threats and vulnerabilities.

Secure Authentication: We use OAuth for authentication, which does not require us to store your passwords directly.

While we implement strong security measures, no system is completely secure. We encourage you to use strong passwords and enable two-factor authentication if available.

Email: [email protected]

Response Time: We will respond to privacy inquiries within 30 days.

For questions about how Manus processes your data, please refer to the Manus Privacy Policy or contact Manus directly at [email protected].