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Privacy

Last updated 2026-11-08. SPOT is in alpha; this page changes as features arrive, and changes are dated here.

The short version: we only email you if you ask us to, we never sell or share your address, and the things you save live in your own browser.

Email lists

  • Opt-in only. There are two separate lists, one for vendors and one for shoppers. You're only on a list you signed up for, and you confirm your address first.
  • Never sold. We don't sell, rent out, or share your email address. Organizers can pay to have a message included in an email we send; they never receive your address.
  • Unsubscribe any time. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and it works in one click.
  • Our email provider (Kit) stores the list and sends the emails on our behalf.

What stays on your device

SPOT has no accounts and no server that holds your data. What the site remembers is kept in your own browser, and you can clear it any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.

  • Kept until you clear it (localStorage): your ZIP code and its map coordinates, your distance setting (one for shopping, one for selling), the markets and fairs you saved, your applications list, which view you last used (shopper, vendor, or organizer), whether you asked for the Saturday reminder, and which tips and email prompts you've already seen or dismissed (with a visit count, so the one email prompt never shows twice).
  • Your profile, only if you made one: the shopper profile (email, plus name and ZIP if you typed them), the vendor profile (name, business details, email, what you sell, and ZIP) and the organizer profile (your details and the listings you run), each with its verification code and status. They stay on this device and only leave it when you sign up for an email list or send them for verification (see below).
  • Kept for this visit only (sessionStorage): the weather we looked up, and how you left the home page (list or map, the chosen week, filters). It's gone when you close the tab.
  • No cookies. SPOT doesn't set any, and there are no analytics or advertising trackers.

Services your browser talks to

A few free services do jobs we can't do from a static site. Each sees a normal web request from your browser (your IP address and browser type), and only what's listed here:

  • Map tiles come from OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org); map data © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. It sees which part of the map you're looking at.
  • Weather comes from Open-Meteo (api.open-meteo.com). We send the coordinates of the markets on screen, rounded, never your own location.
  • ZIP lookup: when you type a ZIP code, your browser asks zippopotam.us (api.zippopotam.us) where that ZIP is. Nothing else is sent with it.
  • Email signups go to Kit, our email provider, only when you submit a signup form: your email, and the name, ZIP, and (for vendors) what you sell if you filled them in. Nothing else leaves your device.
  • Joining and verification go to a private Google Sheet run by SPOT (through a Google Apps Script web app), only when you submit a form on a Join page or the shopper sign-up. We send what you typed and nothing else: for vendors your name, business name, email, what you sell, which kind of seller you are, any website, registry number or markets you gave, ZIP and email choice; for organizers your organization, name, role, email, phone, the listings you picked and your website; for shoppers your email (and name and ZIP if you typed them). We also send a random code made on your device, so the site can show your verification status, and your browser type. Vendors and organizers get one confirmation email from SPOT with a link to confirm the address. A person (Kai, who runs SPOT) reviews vendor and organizer details by hand; they are never sold or shared. To have yours deleted, use the contact at the bottom of this page; "Remove my profile from this device" on your status page clears only this browser.
  • Corrections, tips and requests you send through the Help page go to the same private Google Sheet, with the listing or page you were on, what you typed, your email if you gave it, and the profile code if a profile exists on this device, so a verified vendor's tip can be marked as such. A person reads every one; they are never sold or shared.
  • Your location: only if you tap the locate button and allow it. Your browser uses it to put the blue dot on the map; it isn't sent to us or stored, and it's forgotten when you leave the page.

Fonts are served from this site, so no font service sees your visit.

The law

We follow the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act and the federal CAN-SPAM Act: clear consent, an honest sender, a working unsubscribe in every email, and a way to ask what we hold about you or to have it deleted.

Related policies

See also the Terms of use, the Listing & correction policy, and the Advertising & sponsorship disclosure.

Questions or requests

To see, correct, or delete anything we hold about you, send a request through the Help page.