DUST & FOUND PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: August 27, 2026
Dust & Found respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how Dust & Found ("Dust & Found," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you:
- Visit our website
- Request an estimate
- Book cleaning services
- Create a customer account
- Communicate with us
- Receive cleaning services
- Apply for employment
- Interact with our advertising
- Otherwise use our services
By using our website or services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Dust & Found.
Contact Information
We may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Mailing address
- Service address
Property Information
To provide estimates and cleaning services, we may collect:
- Property address
- ZIP code
- Approximate square footage
- Number of bedrooms
- Number of bathrooms
- Property type
- Cleaning frequency
- Home condition
- Pets
- Special surfaces
- Rooms to clean
- Rooms to exclude
- Service preferences
Booking Information
We may collect:
- Requested services
- Requested dates
- Appointment history
- Recurring-service preferences
- Add-ons
- Promotions
- Estimates
- Booking status
- Cancellation history
Property Access Information
If you provide it, we may collect:
- Door codes
- Lockbox instructions
- Alarm instructions
- Parking instructions
- Gate instructions
- Doorman instructions
- Key-related information
- Other access notes
Please provide only information reasonably necessary for us to access your property.
Do not place unrelated financial credentials, passwords, or other highly sensitive information in access notes.
Cleaning Preferences and Instructions
We may collect:
- Areas needing special attention
- Cleaning-product preferences
- Surface instructions
- Pet instructions
- Rooms not to enter
- Household preferences
- Customer notes
Account Information
If you create an account, we may collect:
- Login identifier
- Encrypted or hashed password information
- Account preferences
- Saved properties
- Saved service preferences
Payment Information
Payments are processed using Stripe.
Stripe may collect and process payment-card and billing information.
Dust & Found may receive and store limited information such as:
- Stripe customer identifier
- Payment-method token
- Card brand
- Last four digits
- Expiration information
- Payment status
- Transaction identifier
- Billing address
- Payment history
Dust & Found does not intend to store complete raw payment-card numbers on its own systems.
Stripe processes payment information according to its own privacy practices.
Communications
We may collect communications you send us, including:
- Text messages
- Contact-form submissions
- Customer-support messages
- Service complaints
- Feedback
Reviews and Ratings
We may collect:
- Star ratings
- Written reviews
- Service feedback
- Re-clean requests
- Survey responses
Photos
Employees may take photographs where reasonably necessary for operational purposes, including:
- Documenting pre-existing damage
- Documenting unsafe conditions
- Verifying completion
- Quality control
- Addressing complaints
- Documenting service issues
We do not intend to publicly use identifiable photographs of a customer's home or belongings for advertising without appropriate permission.
Website and Device Information
When you use our website, we and our technology providers may automatically collect information including:
- IP address
- Browser
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring page
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location
- Date and time
- Website interactions
- Booking-funnel activity
2. Google Analytics
We use or intend to use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Session duration
- General geographic information
- Browser/device information
- Referral sources
- Website interactions
We use this information to understand website performance and improve the customer experience.
Google may process information according to its own privacy policies and technologies.
3. Meta Pixel
We use or intend to use the Meta Pixel to help measure and improve advertising on platforms operated by Meta, including Facebook and Instagram.
The Meta Pixel may collect or receive information about:
- Website visits
- Pages viewed
- Estimate activity
- Booking activity
- Advertising interactions
- Browser/device information
This information may help us:
- Measure advertising performance
- Understand conversions
- Build advertising audiences
- Deliver more relevant advertising
Meta processes information according to its own privacy practices.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Dust & Found and its providers may use:
- Cookies
- Local storage
- Pixels
- Tags
- Analytics technologies
- Similar technologies
These may help us:
- Keep customers signed in
- Remember preferences
- Measure website performance
- Understand booking behavior
- Detect technical problems
- Prevent fraud
- Measure advertising
- Improve our website
5. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
Provide Cleaning Services
Including to:
- Generate estimates
- Determine service-area eligibility
- Schedule appointments
- Assign employees
- Provide necessary cleaning instructions
- Manage recurring service
- Process cancellations and rescheduling
Communicate With You
Including:
- Estimate confirmations
- Booking confirmations
- Appointment reminders
- Arrival notifications
- Service updates
- Payment notices
- Customer-service communications
Process Payments
Including:
- Deposits
- Cleaning charges
- Recurring charges
- Tips
- Refunds
- Payment authorizations
- Cancellation fees
Manage Customer Accounts
Including:
- Saved homes
- Cleaning history
- Upcoming appointments
- Cleaning preferences
- Payment references
- Recurring-service settings
Operate and Improve Our Business
Including:
- Employee scheduling
- Route planning
- Quality control
- Financial reporting
- Analytics
- Service improvement
- Fraud prevention
- Website improvement
Improve Pricing and Scheduling
We may analyze operational information such as:
- Estimated labor
- Actual labor
- Property size
- Service type
- Add-ons
- Job duration
to improve future pricing and scheduling.
We do not automatically change an agreed customer price after booking solely based on analytics.
Marketing
Where permitted, we may use information to:
- Send promotions
- Advertise services
- Measure advertising performance
- Request reviews
- Operate referral programs
- Understand customer acquisition
Legal and Safety Purposes
We may use information to:
- Protect customers
- Protect employees
- Investigate fraud
- Enforce agreements
- Respond to legal process
- Comply with law
- Address safety concerns
- Establish or defend legal claims
6. How We Share Information
We do not sell customer lists for money.
We may disclose information to service providers and other recipients where reasonably necessary to operate Dust & Found.
Stripe
Stripe processes payments and payment-related information.
Twilio
We use or intend to use Twilio to provide SMS and other communications services.
Twilio may process:
- Phone numbers
- Message content
- Message-delivery information
- Communication metadata
Resend
We use or intend to use Resend for email delivery.
Resend may process:
- Email addresses
- Email content
- Delivery status
- Email-related metadata
We may share or allow collection of information through Google Analytics and Google advertising technologies.
Meta
We may share or allow collection of information through Meta Pixel and related advertising technologies.
Other Service Providers
We may also use providers for:
- Hosting
- Databases
- Authentication
- Mapping
- Security
- Customer support
- Accounting
- Business analytics
Providers may process information as necessary to perform services for us.
7. Cleaning Employees and Teams
We provide cleaning employees only information reasonably necessary to perform assigned jobs.
This may include:
- Customer name
- Service address
- Phone number where appropriate
- Appointment details
- Access instructions
- Pet information
- Cleaning preferences
- Checklist
- Customer notes
Cleaning employees do not receive full payment-card information.
8. Professional Advisers
We may disclose information to:
- Attorneys
- Accountants
- Insurers
- Auditors
- Other professional advisers
where reasonably necessary.
9. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with law
- Respond to legal process
- Protect rights or property
- Protect customers
- Protect employees
- Investigate fraud
- Address emergencies
10. Business Transactions
If Dust & Found participates in a:
- Merger
- Acquisition
- Reorganization
- Sale
- Financing
- Franchise transaction
- Sale of assets
- Similar business transaction
information may be disclosed as part of evaluating or completing the transaction, subject to applicable law.
11. Email Communications
Dust & Found may use Resend to deliver email messages.
Transactional emails may include:
- Booking confirmations
- Appointment reminders
- Payment receipts
- Schedule updates
- Account-security notices
Marketing emails may also be sent where permitted.
Marketing emails will include an applicable unsubscribe mechanism.
Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not stop transactional communications related to active bookings, payments, security, or customer service.
12. Text Messages
Dust & Found may use Twilio to send text messages.
If you opt in, messages may include:
- Appointment reminders
- Arrival notices
- Scheduling messages
- Customer-service messages
- Promotional messages where separately authorized
Message and data rates may apply.
Consent to promotional SMS is not required as a condition of purchasing services.
You may opt out of marketing text messages by replying STOP.
13. Payment Security
Payment-card data is generally handled by Stripe.
Dust & Found aims to retain only limited payment references necessary to administer customer accounts and transactions.
We do not intend to store complete credit-card numbers.
14. Access Credentials and Home Security Information
Because customers may provide information allowing access to their homes, we treat property-access information as sensitive operational information.
Access should be limited to employees and service providers who reasonably need it to perform or manage your cleaning service.
We encourage customers to use temporary or service-specific codes when possible.
Customers should update or revoke access codes when they no longer wish them to be used.
15. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information.
These may include:
- Access controls
- Authentication
- Encryption where appropriate
- Secure payment processing
- Role-based permissions
- Logging
- Limited employee access
- Security monitoring
No electronic system can guarantee absolute security.
If you believe your account or property-access information has been compromised, contact us promptly.
16. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Provide services
- Maintain customer accounts
- Maintain business and tax records
- Process payments
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce agreements
- Maintain security
- Comply with legal obligations
Different categories of information may have different retention periods.
Where reasonably practicable, property-access information that is no longer needed should be deleted, disabled, or restricted.
17. Your Choices
Account Information
Customers may be able to update certain information through their customer portal.
You may also contact us to request correction of inaccurate information.
Marketing Email
You may unsubscribe using the link included in marketing emails.
Marketing SMS
You may reply STOP or use another provided opt-out mechanism.
Cookies
Your browser may allow you to reject or remove cookies.
Disabling some technologies may affect website functionality.
18. Requests Regarding Personal Information
You may contact us to request that we:
- Provide information concerning information associated with your account
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete certain information where appropriate
- Close your account
Certain information may need to be retained for:
- Legal obligations
- Tax and accounting records
- Fraud prevention
- Transaction records
- Dispute resolution
- Security purposes
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
19. Children
Our website and cleaning services are intended for adults arranging household services.
They are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children under 13.
If you believe a child has submitted information without appropriate authorization, contact us.
20. Employment Applicants
If you apply to work for Dust & Found, we may collect:
- Name
- Contact information
- Employment history
- Availability
- Qualifications
- References
- Application responses
- Other information you submit
Applicant information may be used for:
- Recruitment
- Hiring
- Workforce planning
- Background-screening processes
- Legal compliance
Background checks, if used, will be handled separately in accordance with applicable requirements.
21. Multi-Location and Franchise Operations
Dust & Found may eventually operate through multiple locations, affiliates, or franchisees.
If that occurs, customer information may be made available to the Dust & Found location responsible for serving your property.
We will update this Privacy Policy as appropriate to reflect material changes in our structure or information practices.
22. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party sites.
Dust & Found is not responsible for privacy practices of websites or services we do not control.
23. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.
When we do, we will update the Effective Date.
If a change materially alters how we use previously collected personal information, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by applicable law.
24. Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
Dust & FoundPO Box 204Meridian, ID 83616info@dustandfound.com(208) 606-2001
