Privacy
The short version: the CasaFinder app keeps everything on your own Mac and sends us nothing. The only personal data we hold is an email address, if you give us one, and a purchase record held by Stripe if you buy a licence.
Who we are
CasaFinder is operated by [Trader name — to be added before launch], [Trading address — to be added before launch]. For data protection purposes we are the data controller for the information described below. Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under [ICO registration number — to be added once registered]. Contact: [contact email — to be added before launch].
What the app collects: nothing
This is the part most worth understanding, because it is unusual. CasaFinder runs entirely on your Mac. The properties it finds, the preferences you set, the ratings you give and the notes you write are stored in a database file on your own computer. None of it is sent to us, and we have no way to see it.
When the app reads a listing it sends that listing’s text to whichever AI provider you configured, using your API key. That is a direct relationship between you and that provider, governed by their privacy policy, not ours. If you use Basic mode, no AI provider is involved at all.
Telegram messages go from your own bot to your own Telegram account. We are not a party to them.
Optional diagnostics
The app can send anonymous diagnostics. It is off by default, must be switched on deliberately, and shows you the exact list of fields before you agree. It contains no listings, no addresses, no preferences and no personal details — only a random install identifier, app and OS version, which sources ran, whether a run succeeded, and bucketed counts and durations.
You can turn it off at any time in the app. At the time of writing it is not yet switched on for anyone and the receiving endpoint is not live, so no diagnostics are being collected at all.
The email address you give us
If you join the beta or ask to be told about updates, we store your email address to do that and nothing else. Our lawful basis is your consent, given by ticking the box on the form — you can withdraw it at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any email, or by writing to us.
The list is held by [email provider — to be confirmed], acting as our processor. They store data in the United States, transferred under the UK extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. We do not sell, rent or share your address with anyone else, and we will delete it on request or when the list is no longer in use.
If you buy a licence
Payments are processed by Stripe. We never see or store your card details — they go directly to Stripe and never touch our servers.
We keep a record of the purchase (your email address, the date, and the Stripe session reference) so we can re-issue your licence if you lose it and handle refunds. Our lawful basis is performance of our contract with you, and for the retention period below, our legal obligation to keep business records.
Your licence file itself contains your email address, so that a licence is traceable to the person who bought it. It stays on your computer; it is not transmitted anywhere except when your app checks for updates.
The website
We use privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics that count page views without cookies, fingerprinting, or anything that identifies you personally. There is no advertising network, no tracking pixel, and consequently no cookie banner, because there are no non-essential cookies to consent to.
How long we keep things
- Email list entries: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.
- Purchase records: six years, as UK tax law requires for business records.
- Diagnostics, if you ever enable them: 12 months.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of what we hold, to correct it, to delete it, or to stop using it, and we will respond within one month. Email [contact email — to be added before launch].
In practice, for most people the honest answer to “what do you hold about me?” is an email address, a purchase record, or nothing at all.
If you think we have handled your data badly, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk. We would rather you told us first so we can put it right.
A note on the property sites
CasaFinder reads publicly visible listings from Rightmove, OnTheMarket and SpareRoom from your own computer, at a low, deliberately slow rate, in the same way you would if you were browsing them. It does not create accounts, log in, or submit anything on your behalf. Zoopla is not read at all.
Changes
If we change this notice we will update the date at the top. If a change materially affects you and we hold your email address, we will tell you.