Privacy Policy

1. Summary of key points

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate Tahiti Buy & Sell, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information unless you voluntarily include it in listing descriptions or messages.

Do we collect information from third parties? We may collect limited information from third parties such as authentication providers (for example, Facebook) when you choose to sign in that way.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties described in this policy.

How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting your profile settings or contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

2. What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us

In short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise contact us.

Personal information provided by you. The personal information we collect may include:

• names
• phone numbers
• email addresses
• usernames and profile photos
• listing content (titles, descriptions, photos, prices, locations)
• contact preferences (SMS, call, Messenger)
• reviews and ratings you submit
• passwords (stored securely by our authentication provider; we do not store plain-text passwords)

Sensitive information. We do not process sensitive information.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

In short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies, as described below.

3. How do we process your information?

In short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

• To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts.
• To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user, including posting and browsing listings.
• To respond to user inquiries and offer support.
• To send administrative information to you, such as notifications about your listings, saved searches, or account activity.
• To enable user-to-user communications through contact methods you choose to display.
• To request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
• To protect our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
• To identify usage trends so we can improve our Services.
• To comply with our legal obligations.

4. When and with whom do we share your personal information?

In short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• Business transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• When we use Google Maps Platform APIs. We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (for example, reverse geocoding) to provide location features. Google’s privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
• Authentication providers. If you sign in with Facebook or other OAuth providers, those providers receive information according to their own policies.
• Analytics providers. We use PostHog to understand how the Services are used. PostHog’s privacy practices are described at https://posthog.com/privacy.
• Hosting and database. Our application and data are hosted using Supabase and Vercel. Their privacy policies govern how they handle data on our behalf.

We do not sell your personal information.

5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

In short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in your browser settings and in our analytics provider’s documentation.

Authentication sessions may use cookies or local storage managed by our authentication provider to keep you signed in.

6. How long do we keep your information?

In short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible, securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

7. How do we keep your information safe?

In short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

8. Do we collect information from minors?

In short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us.

9. What are your privacy rights?

In short: Depending on your region, you may have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.

In some regions (such as the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and French Polynesia / France where applicable), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to:

• request access and obtain a copy of your personal information
• request rectification or erasure
• restrict the processing of your personal information
• data portability
• object to the processing of your personal information

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us or updating your account settings.

Account information: If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account, or contact us. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. We may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our legal terms, and comply with applicable legal requirements.

10. Controls for do-not-track features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (DNT) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

11. Do we make updates to this notice?

In short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last updated” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. How can you contact us about this notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at jacob@tahitibuysell.com or contact us through the feedback options available on tahitibuysell.com.

Tahiti Buy & Sell
French Polynesia

13. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit your profile page while signed in or contact us at jacob@tahitibuysell.com.

14. Will your information be transferred internationally?

In short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.

Our servers and service providers may be located in the United States or other countries. If you are accessing our Services from outside those countries, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored by, and processed by us and our third-party service providers in the United States and other countries where privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in your country.

We will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable law.