Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how BarterAid collects, uses, and protects information when you use the website.

By using BarterAid, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

BarterAid does not require user accounts. No personal information is collected passively. The optional contact form collects a name, email address, and message content. This information is used solely to respond to inquiries submitted through the website.

Limited technical and usage information may be collected by infrastructure providers for analytics, security, and performance purposes. This may include:

• Browser and device information
• Pages visited
• General geographic region
• Referral sources
• Performance and diagnostic data

This information is used solely to operate, maintain, and improve the website.

BarterAid and its infrastructure providers may use cookies or similar technologies for website functionality, security, and performance.

User interface preferences are stored locally in your browser using localStorage. This includes unit display settings, asset visibility preferences, portfolio builder selections, and homepage hero comparison selections. This data never leaves your device.

BarterAid may collect limited technical information necessary to operate, secure, and improve the website. This may include:

• IP addresses
• Request metadata
• Error logs
• Performance metrics
• Authentication and security events

This information is used exclusively for security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and service reliability.

BarterAid is hosted on Vercel and routed through Cloudflare. Both providers may collect analytics and technical data as part of their services, including page views, performance metrics, and visitor information. Their respective privacy policies describe how this data is handled:

• Vercel Privacy Policy
• Cloudflare Privacy Policy

BarterAid does not use Google Analytics. Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights are used as part of the site's Vercel hosting and performance monitoring.

BarterAid uses the following third-party service providers to operate portions of the website, including hosting, content delivery, email delivery, database infrastructure, and security services:

• Vercel
• Cloudflare
• Resend
• Supabase
• Neon

BarterAid may display market and product data obtained from third-party sources. Availability, accuracy, and timeliness of such data are not guaranteed.

Reasonable measures are taken to protect the website and its infrastructure; however, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.

Contact form submissions, security logs, and operational telemetry may be retained for a limited period as reasonably necessary to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the website.

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the website contact form.