Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 18, 2026
Overview
Junkyard Index (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.
Information We Collect
Account Information
When you create an account, we collect:
- Email address
- Name (if provided)
- Profile picture (if you sign in with a social provider)
Social Login (Discord)
If you choose to sign in with Discord, we receive the following information from your Discord account:
- Your Discord user ID
- Email address associated with your Discord account
- Username and display name
- Profile picture (avatar)
We do not gain access to your Discord servers, messages, or friends list. We cannot post to Discord on your behalf or perform any actions on your Discord account.
Usage Information
We automatically collect certain information when you use our service:
- Search queries and saved searches
- IP address and approximate location (for distance calculations)
- Device and browser information
- Pages visited and actions taken
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and maintain our service
- Send email alerts when new vehicles match your saved searches
- Calculate distances to salvage yards based on your location
- Improve our service and user experience
- Respond to your inquiries and support requests
- Detect and prevent fraud or abuse
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services to operate Junkyard Index:
- Discord - Social login authentication (if you choose to sign in with Discord)
- Polar - Payment processing and subscription management
- Vercel - Website hosting and analytics
- Turso - Database hosting
- Resend - Email delivery for alerts and notifications
- Sentry - Error tracking and performance monitoring
Each of these services has their own privacy policy governing their use of your data.
Data Retention
We retain your account information and saved searches for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal information within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal purposes.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Delete your account and associated data
- Unsubscribe from email alerts at any time
- Export your saved searches
You can delete your account from the user menu in the application. To unsubscribe from email alerts, click the unsubscribe link in any alert email or disable alerts for individual saved searches.
Cookies
We use essential cookies to maintain your session and preferences. We also use analytics cookies through Vercel Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. These cookies do not track you across other websites.
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. All data is transmitted over HTTPS, and sensitive information is encrypted at rest.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us.