Privacy Policy - Location Lens

1 Overview

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            🔒 TL;DR Location Lens finds nearby businesses relative to properties on real estate websites. We only collect addresses you're viewing and your search terms. No personal information is stored permanently.
          

🏠 Extracts property addresses from real estate websites
🔍 Searches for nearby locations you specify (stores, restaurants, services)
📍 Shows distances and driving times with live traffic data

2 What data we collect

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🏠 Property addresses: Street addresses from real estate websites (Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, Apartments.com)
🔍 Search targets: Location search targets that you enter (e.g., "Costco", "pharmacy", "yoga studio")
📊 Anonymous analytics: Performance metrics, search response times, website sources
🌐 Browser data: Current tab info (only when you click "Get Address")

            ❌ We DO NOT collect: Personal info, browsing history, GPS location, financial data, data from other websites, or any information that could identify or track you.
          

3 How we use your data

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🗺️ Address processing: Sent to Google Maps APIs to find coordinates and nearby locations
🚗 Distance calculation: Calculate driving distances and times with live traffic
⚡ Performance improvement: Anonymous metrics help optimize search speed
💾 Session storage: Recent searches stored locally for your convenience

4 Third-party services

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🗺️ Google Maps Platform: Geocoding, Places, Distance Matrix APIs
📊 MongoDB Atlas: Anonymous performance logs only
🔐 Data shared: Only property addresses and search terms
🛡️ Purpose: Find coordinates, nearby businesses, and calculate distances

📖 Privacy Policies: Google | MongoDB

5 Permissions explained

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📑 activeTab: Read current webpage to extract property addresses
🌐 tabs: Access tab URL to identify real estate sites
⚙️ scripting: Inject content script to parse webpage data
💾 storage: Store recent searches locally for convenience
🧭 webNavigation: Detect navigation between property pages

🎯 Limited access: Only Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, Apartments.com

6 Data security

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🔒 All data transmission uses HTTPS encryption
🛡️ No sensitive data stored permanently in the extension
🔐 Anonymous performance data stored with access controls
🔑 API keys and credentials securely managed on our servers

7 Data retention

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⏱️ Session data: Auto-cleared when browser session ends
🔄 Recent searches: Stored locally until manually cleared or session ends
📊 Anonymous analytics: Retained for service improvement only
🚫 Personal data: We don't retain any personally identifiable information

8 Your privacy controls

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🧹 Clear data: Use "Clear Recent" and "Clear Current" buttons in extension
🔄 Browser controls: Clear browser data, use incognito mode
⚙️ Extension settings: Disable or uninstall via Chrome settings
👀 Permissions: Review and manage in Chrome extension settings

9 Changes to this policy

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📝 Policy may be updated for legal compliance or service changes
📅 Updates posted with new "Effective" date at top of page
✅ Continued use after changes means you accept updated policy