Privacy Policy

TriValley Girls Porch Shop is a small community marketplace where current high school students buy and sell pre-loved items locally. It is run by a small admin team. We built this site for teens, so protecting your information is the heart of how it works, not an afterthought.

When a seller posts an item: first name and last initial, school, grade, email address, Instagram or Snapchat username, and the item details and photos. When a buyer sends a private inquiry: first name and last initial, school, email address, the usernames the buyer chooses to share, and a short message. When anyone uses the Contact Us form: name, email, and the message. That is the whole list. We never ask for and never store passwords, home addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, payment details, or government IDs. Saved favorites (hearts) live only on your own device.

A live listing shows the item, its photos, the price and details, the seller's first name and last initial, and her school. Seller email addresses are never shown publicly, ever.

Each seller chooses how buyers may contact her. With the recommended platform option, no usernames appear on the listing at all: the listing is effectively anonymous beyond a first name and school, and buyer inquiries are delivered privately. A seller may instead choose to display her Instagram or Snapchat username; that happens only when she deliberately selects a direct contact option and confirms, with her parent or guardian's permission, that the selected username will be visible on the listing.

Buyer inquiry details are shown only to the seller of that item and to the admin team. They are never public.

We use the information above to run the marketplace: reviewing every submission before it goes live, showing approved listings, delivering buyer inquiries to sellers, replying to messages, and keeping the community safe (for example, keeping a blocklist of accounts that broke the rules). Email is used to notify sellers of inquiries and to answer messages. That is all. We do not sell or rent anyone's information, we do not run advertising, and we do not use it for anything unrelated to the shop.

Sellers can change how a listing shows contact information at any time by using the Contact Us page and choosing the topic Change My Listing or Privacy Settings. An admin reviews every request. Admins can make a listing more private immediately, but will never make a username publicly visible without the seller's documented permission. You may also ask us to correct or delete your information or remove a listing entirely.

Listings automatically leave the shop after 7 days. Records of submissions and inquiries are kept privately so we can answer questions, enforce our rules, and keep the community safe, and are deleted when no longer needed or upon a verified request. The platform stores only the initial inquiry between a buyer and seller. Conversations that continue on Instagram, Snapchat, or email, and any payment or meetup arrangements, happen outside the platform and are never stored by us.

This site is for current high school students in grades 9 through 12 who are at least 13 years old and have permission from a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and would like to review or remove your teen's information, email trivalleygirlsporchshop@gmail.com and we will take care of it promptly.

The site runs on trusted, widely used services: our database and photo storage are hosted by Supabase, the website is hosted by Vercel, and email is sent through Gmail. Access to private information is limited to the admin team through a protected admin area.

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top and, for meaningful changes, note it on the site. Continuing to use the shop after a change means you accept the updated policy.